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Silent Alice

07 Tuesday Apr 2015

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Alice in Wonderland, Cecil Hepworth, silent movie, Sir John Tenniel

alice-chased-by-the-cardsThe first Alice film ever is this tiny 1903 silent, a relic from the  very infancy of cinema…

Just think: a hundred and twelve years ago. Continue reading →

Mr K. meets the Cheshire Cat

17 Tuesday Mar 2015

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Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll, Rudyard Kipling, the Cheshire Cat

MrKandtheCatCouldn’t help myself. And it isn’t my fault, either: I saw the K. quote, and the conversation dawned on me – just like that.

Er… right. Enough. I think I’ll disappear for now… -ow… -ow… -ow… -ow…

 

                                        ♫ ‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves… ♫

 

Unexpected Alices

14 Saturday Mar 2015

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Alice in Wonderland, Harry Ransom Center, Lewis Carroll, Salvador Dalì, University of Texas at Austin, Vladimir Nabokov

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Image courtesy of the Harry Ransom Center, the University of Texas at Austin.

The original 1923 cover by Zalshupin for Anya in Wonderland, young Nabokov’s Russian not-quite-translation from Lewis Carroll, with changed names and Russian nursery-rhymes…

Who knew? Or that Salvador Dalì once made illustrations for Alice? All of this and much more can be seen in this fascinating exhibition at the Ransom Center of the University of Texas.

The Copperfield Review’s first anthology – containing Gentleman in Velvet

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