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Lewis Carroll - The Academy of American Poets is the largest membership-based nonprofit organization fostering an appreciation for contemporary poetry and supporting American poets. Renowned Victorian author Lewis Carroll is known for his comic fantasies and humorous, childlike verse.
Jan 23, 2020 · Lewis Carroll (January 27, 1832—January 14, 1898), was a British writer mostly known for his children’s fiction books Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, its sequel Through The Looking Glass, and his poems Jabberwocky and The Hunting of the Snark.
Self-effacing, yet having an expressive critical ability; reveling in the possibilities of fancy, though thoroughly at home with the sophisticated nuances of logic and mathematics, Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) was an individual who, through his rare and diversified literary gifts and power of communication, left an indelible mark ...
Lewis Carroll, orig. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, (born Jan. 27, 1832, Daresbury, Cheshire, Eng.—died Jan. 14, 1898, Guildford, Surrey), British logician, mathematician, and novelist. An unmarried deacon and a lecturer in mathematics at the University of Oxford, he enjoyed the company of young girls.
The Mystery of Lewis Carroll: Discovering the Whimsical, Thoughtful and Sometimes Lonely Man Who Created Alice in Wonderland.New York: St. Martin’s, 2010. Latest Posts More Nine More Astonishing New Illustrators
Jan 13, 2023 · On 14 January it's the 125th anniversary of the death of Lewis Carroll, mathematician, polymath, and author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. His book has captured our imaginations for over 150 years, and has been enjoyed around the world. But who was the man behind the beloved tale?
Apr 1, 2024 · Lewis Carroll. The story centres on Alice, a young girl who falls asleep in a meadow and dreams that she follows the White Rabbit down a rabbit hole. She has many wondrous, often bizarre adventures with thoroughly illogical and very strange creatures, often changing size unexpectedly (she grows as tall as a house and shrinks to 3 inches [7 cm]).
