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Enduring, Endearing Nonsense
by Andrew Green
Did you read and enjoy Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books as a
child? Or better still, did you have someone read them to you? Perhaps
you discovered them as an adult or, forbid the thought, maybe you haven't
discovered the ....
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.... The Looking Glass were enthusiastically received in their own
time, and have since become landmarks in childrens' literature.
What makes these nonsense tales so durable? Aside from the immediate
appeal of the characters, their colourful language, and the sometimes
hilarious verse ("Twas brillig, and the slithy toves/did gyre and gimble
in the wabe:") the narrative works on many levels. There is logical
structure, in the relationship of Alice's journey to a game of chess.
There are problems of relativity, as in her exchange with the Cheshire
Cat:
"Would yo ....
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