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Framing the Alices

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 October 2020

William A. Madden
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Abstract

The frames that Lewis Carroll provided for the two Alice books have largely been ignored, when not simply dismissed, in recent Carroll criticism. Their conventional form and diction may account for this negative response, but examination of their provenance, their function within the structure of the two books, and the artistry evident in the individual frame components indicate how and why the frames are important to our understanding of Carroll's vision and purpose. The frame poems are designed to lead the reader into and away from the central dream tales through a process of lyric transformation and estrangement.

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PMLA , Volume 101 , Issue 3 , May 1986 , pp. 362 - 373
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Copyright © Modern Language Association of America, 1986

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