Lewis Carroll: A Biography |
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Morton N. Cohen
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Pages: 592 (Paperback)
ISBN: 0333660331
Pub: Papermac
Pub date: 1996-10-25
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 297335
Reader Reviews:
the authoritative biography (0/0 people found this helpful)
Cohen may have a somewhat outdated picture of Carroll but this is the standard biography, full of facts and information, so I am giving it 5 stars. Cohen had access to family papers and has seen so much unpublished material, nobody can come close to his achievement and it is the biography to turn to if you want to know what happened in carroll's life. It's just a pity he's so convinced that Carroll was a closer paedophile as he is inclined to put fanciful interpretations on some bits of Carroll's life - and these fancies are NOT backed up by any of the facts he gives. I'm thinking specially of his interpretations of Carrolls unhappy early 1860s diary entries and meetings with little Alice. Cohen tries to tie these together but they just don't tie up at all as far as I can tell!
out-dated but still fairly good (1/2 people found this helpful)
the publication of Leach's book 'In the Shadow of the Dreamchild' has rendered Cohen's assessment of Dodgson's sexuality and his relationship with Alice Liddell outdated and a little embarrassing.
Nonetheless I think his book is still worth reading for being the first serious attempt to fathom the enigma of Charles Dodgson.
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