Through the Looking-Glass
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| '''''Through the Looking-Glass''''' ([[1871]]) is a work of [[children's literature]] by [[Lewis Carroll]] (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), generally categorized as [[literary nonsense]]. It is the sequel to ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' (1865). Although it makes no reference to the events in the earlier book, the themes and settings of ''Through the Looking-Glass'' make it a kind of mirror image of ''Wonderland'': the first book begins outdoors, in the warm month of May, on Alice's birthday ([[May 4]]), uses frequent changes in size as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of playing cards; the second opens indoors on a snowy, wintry night exactly six months later, on [[November 4]] (the day before [[Guy Fawkes Night]]), uses frequent changes in time and spatial directions as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of chess. In it, there are many mirror themes, including opposites, time running backwards, and so on. | '''''Through the Looking-Glass''''' ([[1871]]) is a work of [[children's literature]] by [[Lewis Carroll]] (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), generally categorized as [[literary nonsense]]. It is the sequel to ''[[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]]'' (1865). Although it makes no reference to the events in the earlier book, the themes and settings of ''Through the Looking-Glass'' make it a kind of mirror image of ''Wonderland'': the first book begins outdoors, in the warm month of May, on Alice's birthday ([[May 4]]), uses frequent changes in size as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of playing cards; the second opens indoors on a snowy, wintry night exactly six months later, on [[November 4]] (the day before [[Guy Fawkes Night]]), uses frequent changes in time and spatial directions as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of chess. In it, there are many mirror themes, including opposites, time running backwards, and so on. | ||
| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | * [[Alice chess]] | ||
| + | * [[I Am the Walrus]] | ||
| + | * [[Translations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]] | ||
| + | * [[Translations of Through the Looking-Glass]] | ||
| + | * [[Vorpal sword]] | ||
| + | * [[Works based on Alice in Wonderland]] | ||
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Through the Looking-Glass (1871) is a work of children's literature by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), generally categorized as literary nonsense. It is the sequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865). Although it makes no reference to the events in the earlier book, the themes and settings of Through the Looking-Glass make it a kind of mirror image of Wonderland: the first book begins outdoors, in the warm month of May, on Alice's birthday (May 4), uses frequent changes in size as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of playing cards; the second opens indoors on a snowy, wintry night exactly six months later, on November 4 (the day before Guy Fawkes Night), uses frequent changes in time and spatial directions as a plot device, and draws on the imagery of chess. In it, there are many mirror themes, including opposites, time running backwards, and so on.
See also
- Alice chess
- I Am the Walrus
- Translations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
- Translations of Through the Looking-Glass
- Vorpal sword
- Works based on Alice in Wonderland
