Lewis Carroll: Through the Looking Glass - University of Glasgow
introduce Alice to the concept of the "Rattle" and the futility of conflict, encapsulated in their famous agreement to battle over a trivial toy, interrupted only by a monstrous crow. Alice Through the Looking Glass
Alice Through the Looking Glass serves as both a literal sequel to Lewis Carroll’s masterpiece and a metaphorical journey into the inverted logic of the human mind. Published in 1871, seven years after Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, this second installment remains one of the most influential works of Victorian literature. Lewis Carroll: Through the Looking Glass - University
Carroll plays with puns, parodies, and portmanteaus. Humpty Dumpty’s claim that he can “pay a word extra and make it mean whatever I want” anticipates modern theories of language as arbitrary and subjective. Carroll plays with puns, parodies, and portmanteaus