Wonderland. Part 1. Introduction, Lewis Carroll, Arthur Ransome and A A Milne / written, directed and produced by Adrian Munsey.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Munsey, Adrian, director, producer, screenwriter, narrator.

Wilson-Jones, Anna, narrator.

Sphere-Abacus Films, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898.

Carroll, Lewis.

Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967.

Ransome, Arthur.

Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956.

Milne, A. A.

Authors--Great Britain.

Authors.

Children's literature.

English literature.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (49 minutes)

Other Title:

Lewis Carroll, Arthur Ransome and A A Milne

Place of Publication:

London, England : Sphere-Abacus Films, 2022.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

In one remarkable 75-year period, unforgettable and very great children's literature was created in Britain. An extraordinary range of writers turned to a form of writing where they created "Wonderlands", "Neverlands". They used creativity to attempt to overcome their own adversity through writing- and to share it through the medium of a special kind of literature that they created – children's literature. Lewis Carroll, a gifted photographer, writer and inventor, was the originator of the notion of "Wonderland". Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Alice in Wonderland, awakened in Lewis Carroll the desire to reveal ‘the heart of a child'. Arthur Ransome, the creator of Swallows and Amazons, was also a supporter of the Russian Revolution and a man who married Trotsky's secretary. The children sail happily in the Lake District in Swallow and Amazons, the same Lake District portrayed and preserved by Beatrix Potter. In the background are both Ransome's revolutionary interests and his deeply troubled relationship with his own father. A Milne was never forgiven by his son for turning him into Christopher Robin. They were estranged for most of their lives. Christopher Milne owned a bookshop in Dartmouth, rarely saw his father and wanted no share of his father's royalties. The Hundred Acre Wood in Winnie the Pooh is a haunted and protected world. Milne himself was haunted by his memories of the First World War.

Participant:

Narration, Anna Wilson Jones, Adrian Munsey.

Notes:

"Lewis Carroll to JRR Tolkein".

Title from resource description page (viewed May 05, 2026).

OCLC:

1594450780