Jabberwocky (For Further Reading)

For Further Reading

• Cooke, John D., and Lionel Stevenson, English Literature of the Victorian Period, Russell & Russell, 1949.

  This is a comprehensive overview of the Victorian era’s politics, science, religion, and culture. It explores the era’s top English poets and fiction writers, including Alfred Lord Tennyson, Matthew Arnold, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Carroll himself. The section on “Literature for Children” is somewhat threadbare, but overall, the book is a valuable resource.

• Green, Roger Lancelyn, ed., The Diaries of Lewis Carroll, Cassell, 1953.

  In 1854, Carroll began keeping a diary, which by the end of his life filled the equivalent of thirteen volumes. Nine of these thirteen volumes have been collected in Green’s book, and they offer a probing look into the private life of Carroll.

• Guiliano, Edward, ed., Lewis Carroll Observed, Clarkson N. Potter, Inc., 1976.

  This is one of the most fascinating books about Carroll, his art, and his life. Edited by Guiliano for the Lewis Carroll Society of North America, the book contains unpublished photographs, drawings, and poems by Carroll as well as several essays about his varied artistic endeavors.

• Guiliano, Edward, ed., Lewis Carroll: A Celebration, Clark-son N. Potter, Inc., 1982.

  Guiliano does another fine job of pulling together fascinating material on Carroll and his art in this book. Among the many excellent essays in this collection are ones that explore Carroll’s influence on the Surrealists and James Joyce’s Finnegan’s Wake and the importance of illustrator Sir John Tenniel in the success of the Alice books.

• Tucker, Herbert F., ed., A Companion to Victorian Literature & Culture, Blackwell Publishers, 1999.

  Offering a huge collection of essays, this book covers all aspects of Victorian society, from politics and economics to theology and literature. Of particular interest is Claudia Nelson’s essay “Growing Up: Childhood,” which examines the Victorians’ obsession with childhood and the booming market in literature for children during that era.