Further Nonsense Verse And Prose

This collection reveals Lewis Carroll as far more than the creator of Alice: it is a rich gathering of poems, prose, satire, acrostics, and whimsical miscellany that showcases his delight in wordplay, technical precision, and the logic of childhood imagination. A biographical introduction traces Charles Lutwidge Dodgson from a gifted, inventive boy who staged puppet shows, edited homemade magazines, and won early praise for his intelligence, to a sensitive Oxford man whose literary life intertwined with photography, friendship, clerical duty, and a deep, if selective, affection for children. It also explains the origin of the Lewis Carroll pseudonym and the summer rowing trip that gave birth to Alice in Wonderland, later followed by Through the Looking-Glass, Sylvie and Bruno, and other playful works. Along the way, the book defends Carroll's nonsense as carefully designed art, not mere absurdity, and closes with affectionate reflections on his death, burial, and enduring legacy. The volume ends in characteristic style with "Maggie's Visit to Oxford" and a comic, satirical tale of vanity, longing, and self-dramatizing fantasy. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.