Lewis Carroll Presentation

Lewis Carroll and his works

Carroll’s Early Life
Birth name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Born January 27, 1832 in English town of Daresbury
Had 10 siblings
Very imaginative child
Exceptionally skilled in mathematics
Wrote magazines containing poems, stories, and drawings at young age to entertain his brothers and sisters

Carroll’s Life Continued
Studied at Oxford University (Christ Church) and received degree in mathematics
Became a teacher and later became a priest also
Very conservative and orderly person
Socially awkward around people and only felt comfortable around young girls
The young girls that he most adored were the daughters of the dean of students (Henry Liddell) where he taught

Especially adored the young Alice Liddell and she became the inspiration for the main character of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Carroll was inspired by the freedom and wisdom that childhood had to offer
This inspiration created his love for children’s literature

Carroll didn’t enjoy the fame that he received from his success as a writer
Tried to stay out of the spotlight as much as possible
Carroll died on January 14, 1898

Carroll’s Works
Most Notable Books
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
Bruno’s Revenge and other Stories
Original Games and Puzzles
The Hunting of the Snark
Sylvie and Bruno
Through the Looking Glass
What the Tortoise Said to Achilles
Alice’s Adventures Underground
The Game of Logic
Symbolic Logic
A Tangled Tale

Carroll’s Works
Most Notable Poems
A Sea Dirge
Upon the Lonely Moor
The Walrus and the Carpenter
Phantasmagoria
Jabberwocky
The Hunting of the Snark

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland Illustrations by Sir John Tenniel

Through the Looking-Glass Illustrations by Sir John Tenniel

The Walrus and the Carpenter Illustrations by Sir John Tenniel

The Hunting of the Snark Illustrations by Henry Holiday

Jabberwocky
‘ Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogroves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
"Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!“
He took his vorpal sword in hand: Long time the manxome foe he sought -- So rested he by the Tumtum tree, And stood awhile in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood, The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame, Came whiffling through the tulgey wood, And burbled as it came!
One, two! One, two! And through and through The vorpal blade went snicker-snack! He left it dead, and with its head He went galumphing back.
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.
`Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe; All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
Illustration by Sir John Tenniel

Graphic References
http://www.facade.com
http://www.erowid.org
http://www.bygosh.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hunting_of_the_Snark
http://www.jabberwocky.com

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