{"product_id":"alice-in-space-gillian-beer-9780226564692","title":"Alice in Space: The Sideways Victorian World of Lewis Carroll","description":"In \u003ci\u003eAlice's Adventures in Wonderland\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThrough the Looking-Glass\u003c\/i\u003e, Lewis Carroll created fantastic worlds that continue to delight and trouble readers of all ages today. Few consider, however, that Carroll conceived his Alice books during the 1860s, a moment of intense intellectual upheaval, as new scientific, linguistic, educational, and mathematical ideas flourished around him and far beyond.\u003ci\u003e Alice in Space\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the contexts within which the Alice books first lived, bringing back the zest to jokes lost over time and poignancy to hidden references. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gillian Beer explores Carroll's work through the speculative gaze of Alice, for whom no authority is unquestioned and everything can speak. Parody and \u003ci\u003ePunch\u003c\/i\u003e, evolutionary debates, philosophical dialogues, educational works for children, math and logic, manners and rituals, dream theory and childhood studies--all fueled the fireworks. While much has been written about Carroll's biography and his influence on children's literature, Beer convincingly shows him at play in the spaces of Victorian cultural and intellectual life, drawing on then-current controversies, reading prodigiously across many fields, and writing on multiple levels to please both children and adults in different ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a welcome combination of learning and lightness, Beer reminds us that Carroll's books are essentially about curiosity, its risks and pleasures. Along the way, \u003ci\u003e Alice in Space\u003c\/i\u003e shares Alice's exceptional ability to spark curiosity in us, too.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gillian Beer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022656469X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226564692\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Gillian Beer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44075974099199,"sku":"9780226564692","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bc1f8ad3-b33b-48e7-a6ee-17fe333bf9dc.jpg?v=1685462481","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/alice-in-space-gillian-beer-9780226564692","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}