The definitive guide to one of the most baffling epics of nineteenth-century literature—a companion to The Annotated Alice. "It's a Snark!"…for whatever else can it be?" Published on April Fools' Day in 1876, Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark remains one of the most amusing and bizarre works of modern verse. Carroll, who completed this classic poem eleven years after the...
The definitive guide to one of the most baffling epics of nineteenth-century literature—a companion to The Annotated Alice. "It's a Snark!"…for whatever else can it be?" Published on April Fools' Day in 1876, Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark remains one of the most amusing and bizarre works of modern verse. Carroll, who completed this classic poem eleven years after the publication of Alice in Wonderland, invites readers along on a fictitious hunt to determine who—or what—the Snark actually is. More than 130 years later, the indomitable Martin Gardner returns to the Snark with a trove of new annotations and illustrations, uncovering some of the most confounding literary, linguistic, and mathematical references embedded in any of Lewis Carroll's many works. Included in this gorgeous, two-color volume is an introduction by Adam Gopnik, as well as Henry Holiday's distinctive, original illustrations, a substantial bibliography, and a suppressed drawing of the infamous Boojum. With a host of other Snark resources, this is the most ambitious work on Lewis Carroll's masterpiece in many decades.
The skipping of 40 years puts the Baker in his early Forties. Carroll began writing the Snark in 1874 when he was 42. Could the Baker be Carroll himself? J. A. Lindon suggests that the Baker’s 42 boxes (Fit 1 ,'He had forty-two boxes, all carefully packked'> are perhaps intended to represent Carroll’s 42 years. Each box bore the Baker’s name and all were left behind when he joined the Snark-hunting expedition.
Note also the mention of Rule 42 in Carroll’s preface, and the King’s remarks at the trial of the Knave of Hearts (Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter 12), ‘Rule Forty-two. All persons more than a mile high to leave the court.’
Curiously, Carroll refers to his age as 42 in his poem Phantasmagaria (Canto 1, Stanza 16) though at the time this poem was written he was still in ... (查看原文)
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1 有用 嗑樂貓 2014-11-21 14:23:47
卡罗尔的作品以nonsence著称，更准确的说是antisence。其实《GEB》那本书也常常提到他，他和埃舍尔与哥德尔的共性是以理性来反理性。如书中某些评论所言，Snark代表着绝对，这首诗被诠释为反思黑格尔绝对精神的作品。
1 有用 Dan 2012-04-27 08:22:21
这首诗真奇妙。
0 有用 Cat!Loctopus 2013-05-15 05:32:04
平均一节一次神展开。Gardner注释业界良心。
0 有用 江南布衣 2014-05-15 22:18:07
In the midst of the word he was trying to say, In the midst of his laughter and glee, He had softly and suddenly vanished away
1 有用 Cookizz 2021-05-16 17:46:47
宝藏~
1 有用 Cookizz 2021-05-16 17:46:47
宝藏~
1 有用 嗑樂貓 2014-11-21 14:23:47
卡罗尔的作品以nonsence著称，更准确的说是antisence。其实《GEB》那本书也常常提到他，他和埃舍尔与哥德尔的共性是以理性来反理性。如书中某些评论所言，Snark代表着绝对，这首诗被诠释为反思黑格尔绝对精神的作品。
0 有用 江南布衣 2014-05-15 22:18:07
In the midst of the word he was trying to say, In the midst of his laughter and glee, He had softly and suddenly vanished away
0 有用 Cat!Loctopus 2013-05-15 05:32:04
平均一节一次神展开。Gardner注释业界良心。
1 有用 Dan 2012-04-27 08:22:21
这首诗真奇妙。