Hi all,
I was reading a little about the opening poem (well, okay, I read the Wikipedia page) and I thought this was interesting. I know Corey's method is to focus on the words on the page and not outside information, but I thought this added some to my enjoyment of the poem. I vaguely knew that the book grew out of stories that Carroll told to young girls, one of whom was named Alice. The three sisters were Lorina, Alice, and Edith Liddell. So in the first stanza, the lines "by little...
Alice - All in the Golden Afternoon
I was reading a little about the opening poem (well, okay, I read the Wikipedia page) and I thought this was interesting. I know Corey's method is to focus on the words on the page and not outside information, but I thought this added some to my enjoyment of the poem. I vaguely knew that the book grew out of stories that Carroll told to young girls, one of whom was named Alice. The three sisters were Lorina, Alice, and Edith Liddell. So in the first stanza, the lines "by little...
Alice - All in the Golden Afternoon