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Curiouser and Curiouser: An exploration of surrealism in two illustrators of Lewis Carroll's Alice

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Growing, shrinking, white knights and caucus races, infants, piglets and games of croquet; the magical and confusing world that Alice falls into fits snugly within the surrealist dream. Lewis Carroll's fantastic tale of a young girl immersed in a dream world epitomizes many of the goals and ideals of the surrealist movement. This article compares the illustrations of Carroll's story by John Tenniel and by Salvador Dali, examining how the two styles might present the surrealist vision of the story.

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Journal

The Looking Glass : New Perspectives on Children's Literature

ISSN

1551-5680

Volume

15

Issue

2

Publisher

La Trobe University

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Picture Window

Author Biography

Siri Hiltz is employed as a research assistant and is a MLIS student at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at The University of British Columbia. Her research interests are in art history and information literacy/resources for children and young adults.

Date Created

2011-07-22

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