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Behind the looking glass / by Sherry L. Ackerman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ackerman, Sherry L.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's stories, English--History and criticism.
- Children's stories, English.
- Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898--Criticism and interpretation.
- Carroll, Lewis.
- Genre:
- Libros electrónicos.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (181 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle, U.K. : Cambridge Scholars Pub., 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Behind the Looking Glass offers a fresh perspective in the ongoing, contemporary deconstruction of the Carroll Myth. Through rigorous examination of numerous myths that have been hitherto unquestioned, Ackerman skillfully positions Lewis Carroll in the theological and philosophical contexts of his time. She uncovers a Carroll whose radical religio-philosophical counter-response to patriarchal materialism moved his intellectual journey, intentionally or otherwise, deep into the waters of mysti...
- Contents:
- TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CONCLUSION; APPENDIX A; APPENDIX B; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Descripción basada en metadatos suministrados por el editor y otras fuentes.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [151]-156) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-0456-8
- OCLC:
- 823386202
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