Alice in Transmedia Wonderland: Curiouser and Curiouser New Forms of a Children's Classic

by Anna Kérchy

Overview

Part of Alice's appeal is her ambiguity, which makes possible a range of interpretations in adapting Lewis Carroll's classic Wonderland stories to various media.

Popular re-imaginings of Alice and her topsy-turvy world reveal many ways of eliciting enchantment and shaping make-believe. Late 20th century and 21st century adaptations interact with the source texts and with each other--providing readers with an elaborate fictional universe.

This book fully explores today's multi-media journey to Wonderland.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476666686
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	08/30/2016
Pages:	268
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Anna Kérchy is a senior assistant professor and a member of the Gender Studies Research Group in the English Department of the University of Szeged, Hungary. Her research interests include gender and body studies, the interface of Victorian and post-modern fantastic imagination, women’s art and children’s literature.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Preface 1

Introduction: Adapting Ambiguous Alice 3

1 Transmedia Wonderland 27

2 Imaginative Reluctance and the (Meta)fantasy of Girlish Fantasy 75

3 Picturing the Erotic Girl 125

4 Embodied Language, Multisensorial Nonsense 166

Epilogue: Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of Wonderland 221

Chapter Notes 229

Bibliography 239

Index 253

Editorial Reviews

an excellent overview of the recent approaches to the Alice novels and impresses by the sheer amount of well-researched data on mixed media approaches...truly, a recommended reading for Carroll fans”—popcultureshelf.com; “The ground covered in this academic text is staggering”—Knight Letter. The Lewis Carroll Society of North America.

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