Lewis Carroll
Subtitle: the man and his circle
By: Edward Wakeling
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Published: 2015
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781780768205
Subjects: Friends and associates; English Novelists; Biography
Description: This new biography of Carroll by leading international authority, Edward Wakeling, presents a fresh appraisal of the man based upon his social circle. Contrary to the claims of many previous authors, Carroll's circle was not child centered: his correspondence was enormous, numbering almost 100,000 items at the time of his death, and included royalty and many of the leading artists, illustrators, publishers, academics, musicians and composers of the Victorian era. Edward Wakeling draws upon his personal database of nearly 6,000 letters, mostly never before published, to fill the gaps left by earlier biographies and resolve some of the key myths that surround Lewis Carroll, such as his friendships with children and his drug-taking. Essential reading for scholars and admirers of one of the key authors of the Victorian age. --Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-378) and index.