The Annotated Alice: 150th Anniversary Deluxe Edition (The Annotated Books)

by Lewis Carroll

Other authorsMartin Gardner (Editor), John Tenniel (Illustrator), Mark Burstein (Editor)

Hardcover, 2015

Status

Available

Call number

PR4611 .A7

Series

Alice's Adventures (Annotated edition)

Annotated Alice (Omnibus Revised 1-2)

Genres

Fantasy

All Topics

Fiction

Publication

W. W. Norton & Company (2015), Edition: 150th Deluxe Anniversary, 432 pages

Description

"Celebrating the 150th anniversary of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland comes this richly illustrated and expanded collector's edition of Martin Gardner's The Annotated Alice. First appearing in 1960, The Annotated Alice became an instant classic by, among other things, decoding the wordplay and mathematical riddles embedded within Lewis Carroll's masterpiece. As a result, Martin Gardner's groundbreaking work went on to sell over a million copies, establishing the modest math genius as one of our foremost Carroll scholars. Now, on the sesquicentennial of Alice's 1865 publication, comes this deluxe edition that combines all Gardner's annotations with updates from his Knight Letter columns and correspondence with leading Carrollian experts. This gorgeous edition also includes over 100 new color and black-and-white illustrations, including images by Salvador Dalí and Barry Moser, which complement the original John Tenniel art. With close cooperation from the Lewis Carroll Society of North America and an introduction by its president emeritus, Mark Burstein, this authorized edition perfectly celebrates the legacy of both Martin Gardner and Lewis Carroll" --… (more)

User reviews

LibraryThing member theWallflower

Well, the annotations aren't as comprehensive as I would have liked. But I guess it's better to leave analysis to the professors and just give facts. Most of the annotations explain the poetry that Carroll's parodying, which is nice. They're all verse that would be common in Carroll's day, but have

become antiquated since (except for one or two). Others illustrate the history (like relations to the real Alice) and the logic jokes he probably thought were hilarious (like how "Through the Looking-Glass" follows real chess moves). Otherwise, all the illustrations and text are here. So it's nice to read it again, this time with a better understanding. It even includes the official definitions for the words in Jabberwocky.

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LibraryThing member jillrhudy

Really wonderful. Illumines many Victorian commonplaces that aren't so commonplace today, and provides source material for Carroll's allusions. I felt as though I was taking a class with dozens of Carroll scholars whose opinions, insights, and guesses the editor, Martin Gardner, uses as annotations

when original source material does not exist (and even when it does). The result is a feast of information and insightful literary criticism for the diehard Alice fan and a great reference for anyone who feels that the book is a 150 year-old inside joke that largely leaves the modern reader out.

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