ENGL208C Lecture 3: Module 3. Alice in Wonderland. Sept 20 2014.docx
9 Feb 2015
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Lewis caroll: the pen name of charles lutwidge dodgson, born in 1832, around the end of the romantic era, beginning of the victorian era, son of a curate, or churchman, went to oxford as s young man and remained there for life (became an oxford don (professor), an academic and took anglican orders, became a kind of priest as well, was a professor of math, was a bachelor and had no mature love interests, had child friends , the most important of whom was alice liddell. Invented scrabble and other word games: one of the very early artistic photographers, did nude studies of little girls (their mothers were always present when the photos were taken, had an unhealthy interest in little girls, but evidence suggests he did not act inappropriately, once they reached the age of 12 most of the friendships died off.
