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The Alice Books and the Contested Ground of the Natural World Laura White

The Alice Books and the Contested Ground of the Natural World By Laura White

The Alice Books and the Contested Ground of the Natural World by Laura White


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The Alice Books and the Contested Ground of the Natural World argues that Lewis Carroll used the book's charm, wit and often puzzling conclusions to counter the emerging tendencies of the time that favored Darwinism and theories of evolution and challenged the then conventional thinking of the relationship between mankind and nature. Though a sc

The Alice Books and the Contested Ground of the Natural World Summary

The Alice Books and the Contested Ground of the Natural World by Laura White

Though popular opinion would have us see Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There as whimsical, nonsensical, and thoroughly enjoyable stories told mostly for children; contemporary research has shown us there is a vastly greater depth to the stories than would been seen at first glance. Building on the now popular idea amongst Alice enthusiasts, that the Alice books - at heart - were intended for adults as well as children, Laura White takes current research in a new, fascinating direction. During the Victorian era of the book's original publication, ideas about nature and our relation to nature were changing drastically. The Alice Books and the Contested Ground of the Natural World argues that Lewis Carroll used the book's charm, wit, and often puzzling conclusions to counter the emerging tendencies of the time which favored Darwinism and theories of evolution and challenged the then-conventional thinking of the relationship between mankind and nature. Though a scientist and ardent student of nature himself, Carroll used his famously playful language, fantastic worlds and brilliant, often impossible characters to support more the traditional, Christian ideology of the time in which mankind holds absolute sovereignty over animals and nature.

The Alice Books and the Contested Ground of the Natural World Reviews

Illuminates an often-ignored aspect of Alice's world. Jenny Woolf, author of The Mystery of Lewis Carroll and Lewis Carroll in his Own Account.

About Laura White

Laura White is the John E. Weaver Professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA).

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

1. Interpreting Carroll's Satires

2. Carroll and the Emerging Sciences

3. Carroll and Darwinian Satire

4. Animals and Anthropomorphism in the Alice Books

5. Eating

6. Natural History in the Alice Books

Coda

Bibliography

Index

Additional information

NLS9780367886974
9780367886974
0367886979
The Alice Books and the Contested Ground of the Natural World by Laura White
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2019-12-10
250
N/A
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