The annotated Alice
Book • 1963
Martin Gardner's annotated edition collects and explicates Lewis Carroll's Alice books, offering historical context, commentary, and explanations of the numerous wordplays and puzzles embedded in the stories.
Gardner provides readers with insights into Carroll's logic, mathematics background, and Victorian references that often elude modern audiences.
The book is valued by scholars and casual readers alike for making the text's many nonsensical elements intelligible and for cataloguing proposed answers to Carroll's famous riddles.
Gardner's annotations illuminate how Carroll's play with language and logic has inspired subsequent readers and thinkers.
The edition remains a common reference for understanding the deeper layers and cultural allusions within Carroll's works.
Gardner provides readers with insights into Carroll's logic, mathematics background, and Victorian references that often elude modern audiences.
The book is valued by scholars and casual readers alike for making the text's many nonsensical elements intelligible and for cataloguing proposed answers to Carroll's famous riddles.
Gardner's annotations illuminate how Carroll's play with language and logic has inspired subsequent readers and thinkers.
The edition remains a common reference for understanding the deeper layers and cultural allusions within Carroll's works.
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