tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16635885.post5720633762188397436..comments2023-10-28T06:25:24.368-05:00Comments on Adamant's Fire: Still she haunts me, phantomwise.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07331961951316180787noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16635885.post-76498854575675509912009-02-13T03:23:00.000-06:002009-02-13T03:23:00.000-06:00Thank you for a very interesting article. I have j...Thank you for a very interesting article. <BR/><BR/>I have just delivered the manuscript of a biography of Carroll. In it, I have considered some of the points you made. They are very good ones but I think you may find if you look more closely that the Alice of the books was not the Alice he wrote the story about. <BR/><BR/>Many people have noticed that Alice Liddell had short dark hair, whereas Dodgson was adamant that the Alice of the books should have long fair hair. This is an extremely obvious difference and yet it is surprising how often it is overlooked. Perhaps one of the reasons why it is overlooked is that Dodgson never commented on it himself. <BR/><BR/>Having been immersed in Dodgson for more than 2 years, I have discovered that he always meant what he said, but often failed to say what he meant. <BR/><BR/>So although he may never have told anyone why he wanted the Alice of the book NOT to be Alice Liddell, it is extremely unlikely that he did not have a specific reason for instructing Tenniel to draw someone different from her. <BR/><BR/>I've looked into this in my book, (which is as yet a few months from publication) but what do you think?<BR/> <BR/>Jenny Woolf<BR/>www.jabberwock.co.ukAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16635885.post-4630753648551533232007-11-20T22:56:00.000-06:002007-11-20T22:56:00.000-06:00Fascinating foray into a life unlike and yet so si...Fascinating foray into a life unlike and yet so similar to our own. Maybe it isn't accepted to take nude pictures of little girls, but the idea of trying to explore innocence never leaves. I think that your paper (finally) was probably terrific. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com