Lewis Carroll Author profile

born

in Daresbury, Warrington, Cheshire, England, The United Kingdom

January 27, 1832

died

December 14, 1898

gender

male

genre

Children's Books, Poetry, Literature & Fiction

Influences

Edward Lear Leibniz, George MacDonald, Jonathan Swift

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The Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, better known by the pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, mathematician, logician, Anglican clergyman and photographer. His most famous writings are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through the Looking-Glassas well as the poems "The Hunting of the Snark" and "Jabberwocky", all considered to be within the genre of literary nonsense. Oxford scholar, Church of England Deacon, University Lecturer in Mathematics and Logic, academic author of learned theses, gifted pioneer of portrait photography, colourful writer of imaginative genius and yet a shy and pedantic man, Lewis Carroll stands pre-eminent in the pantheon of inventive literary geniuses. He also has works published under his real name.

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland) is an 1865 novel written by English authorCharles Lutwidge Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll.^[1] It tells of a girl named Alice falling through a rabbit hole into a fantasy world populated by peculiar, anthropomorphic creatures. The tale plays with logic, giving the story lasting popularity with adults as well as with children.^[2] It is considered to be one of the best examples of the literary nonsense genre.^[2][3] Its narrativecourse and structure, characters and imagery have been enormously influential^[3] in both popular culture and literature, especially in the fantasy genre.

Alice in Wonderland is a 2010 American fantasy film^[5] directed by Tim Burton and written by Linda Woolverton. Released by Walt Disney Pictures, the film stars Mia Wasikowska as Alice Kingsleigh with Johnny Depp, Anne Hathaway and Helena Bonham Carter. The film was shot in the United Kingdom and the United States.

ALICE IN WONDERLAND