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  • Published: 13 January 2014
  • ISBN: 9780141192789
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 464
  • RRP: $26.00
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Jabberwocky And Other Nonsense

Collected Poems




The first collected and annotated edition of Carroll's brilliant, witty poems, edited by Gillian Beer

'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe...' wrote Lewis Carroll in his wonderfully playful poem of nonsense verse, 'Jabberwocky'. This new edition collects together the marvellous range of Carroll's poetry, including nonsense verse, parodies, burlesques, and more. Alongside the title piece are such enduringly wonderful pieces as 'The Walrus and the Carpenter', 'The Mock Turtle's Song', 'Father William' and many more.

  • Published: 13 January 2014
  • ISBN: 9780141192789
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 464
  • RRP: $26.00
Categories:

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About the author

Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll

Lewis Carroll's real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. He was born on 27th January 1832 at Daresbury in Cheshire. He studied at Christ Church, Oxford University and later became a mathematics lecturer there. He wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass (1872) for the daughters of the Dean of Christ Church. He was very fond of puzzles and some readers have found mathematical jokes and codes hidden in his Alice books. His other works include Phantasmagoria and Other Poems (1869), The Hunting of the Snark (1876), Rhyme? And Reason? (1882), The Game of Logic (1887) and Sylvie and Bruno (1889, 1893). Dodgson was also an influential photographer. He died on 14th January 1898.

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Praise for Jabberwocky And Other Nonsense

This is an elegant volume, likely to delight enthusiasts, while introducing Lewis Carroll's poetry to a younger readership. The poems are set out chronologically following a generous, thoughtful introduction from the esteemed Cambridge critic Gillian Beer... Beer has done an admirable job, and this edition will appeal to readers of all ages

Alexandra Lawrie, Times Literary Supplement

Opening at random Gillian Beer's new edition of Lewis Carroll's poems, Jabberwocky and Other Nonsense, guarantees a pleasurable experience - not all of it nonsensical

Michael Caines, Times Literary Supplement