Univ of Virginia Pr, Date: 1993. Hardcover. New. 382 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.50 inches. 1993. Univ of Virginia Pr ISBN 0813912504 9780813912509 [GB]

Univ of Virginia Pr 1993 Hardcover New 382 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.50 inches.

ISBN10: 0813912504, ISBN13: 9780813912509, [publisher: University of Virginia Press] Hardcover New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.
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University of Virginia Press 3/30/1993 12: 00: 00 AM Hardcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.

University of Virginia Press 3/30/1993 12: 00: 00 AM Hardcover PLEASE NOTE, WE DO NOT SHIP TO DENMARK. New Book. Shipped from UK in 4 to 14 days. Established seller since 2000. Please note we cannot offer an expedited shipping service from the UK.

ISBN10: 0813912504, ISBN13: 9780813912509, [publisher: University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville] Hardcover Hardcover. Between 1860 and 1897 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, known to the ages as Lewis Carroll, produced (in addition to the "Alice" books and his well-known photographic works) over 180 booklets, leaflets, pamphlets, and instruction manuals. Varying radically in length and subject matter, they testify to Dodgson's unparalleled creativity and eclecticism. Collected now for the first time, these writings shed light on many of the intellectual and cultural enthusiasms of this eminent Victorian. Famed as a writer, photographer, and mathematician, Dodgson was also a moral crusader and a diligent churchman who nourished a then-illicit passion for the theatre. He was also a prolific creator of games, puzzles and brain twisters. Indeed, one of his earliest independent pubications was the 1860 "Rules for court circular", a blueprint for an original game bearing some resemblance to rummy. This volume, the first of a planned series, concentrates on the work associated with Dodgson's career as an Oxford don.Much of the material collected here has not appreared in print since the author's lifetime; included among many other items is all the work connected with Dodgson's curatorship of the Christ Church Room. An enthusiastic participant in university life, Dodgson left a lively "paper trail" that lavishly documents his ...