Lewis Carroll: The Hunting of the Snark

Cover: 9781782011538 | The Hunting of the Snark | An Edition Printed in the Deseret Alphabet

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Beschreibung

"The Hunting of the Snark" was first published in 1876, eleven years after "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and four years after "Through the Looking-Glass". It is a masterpiece of nonsense and is connected to "Through the Looking-Glass" by its use of vocabulary from the poem "Jabberwocky". "The Hunting of the Snark" is a strangely dark poem, and some critics believe that its themes-insanity and death-are rather too adult in nature for children's literature. We know, nonetheless, that Lewis Carroll intended the poem to be enjoyed by children: he dedicated the book in acrostic verse to his young friend Gertrude Chataway, and signed some 80 presentation copies to other young readers. Many of those inscriptions were in the form of an acrostic based upon the name of the child to whom the book was presented. Part of the pleasure of reading this book is in the inevitable musing about what it means. Its author, often asked to explain his work, invariably replies that he does not know. It is therefore open to readers of the poem to decide the question for themselves... The Deseret alphabet was developed in the mid-19th century by the board of regents of the University of Deseret (later the University of Utah) under the direction of Brigham Young, second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was intended to help make learning to write English easier. This wasn't very successful, though the alphabet does have interesting phonemic features, as well as being a fascinating part of Mormon history. This edition of "The Hunting of the Snark" is written entirely in that same alphabet, with fonts specially designed by John H. Jenkins and Michael Everson.

Über den Autor

Lewis Carroll, whose real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, was an acclaimed English author, mathematician, and logician who lived during the 19th century. He was born on January 27, 1832, in Daresbury, Cheshire, England, and passed away on January 14, 1898.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2016
Genre:	Importe , Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik:	Kinder & Jugend
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781782011538
ISBN-10:	1782011536
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Carroll, Lewis
Orchester:	Jenkins, John
Illustrator:	Holiday, Henry
Zusammengestellt:	Jenkins, John
Hersteller:	Evertype
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	216 x 140 x 7 mm
Von/Mit:	Lewis Carroll
Erscheinungsdatum:	11.03.2016
Gewicht:	0,148 kg