CRITICISM

Demurova, Nina M. “Alice Speaks Russian: The Russian Translations of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass.” Harvard Library Bulletin 5, no. 4 (winter 1994-95): 11-29.

Compares the various Russian translations of Carroll's most famous books.

Pennington, John. “Alice at the Back of the North Wind, Or the Metafictions of Lewis Carroll and George MacDonald.” Extrapolation 33, no. 1 (spring 1992): 59-72.

Discusses the influence Carroll and MacDonald had on each other's writing.

Robson, Catherine. Men in Wonderland: The Lost Girlhood of the Victorian Gentleman. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001, 250 p.

Discusses the male Victorian author's depiction of girlhood, which often bordered on idolization, and the possible motives for the promotion of this ideal. The book also examines the decline of this trend due to public outcry regarding child labor and related social ills.

Additional coverage of Carroll's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: British Writers, Vol. 5; Children's Literature Review, Vols. 2, 18; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 18, 163, 178; DISCovering Authors; Literature and Its Times, Vol. 1; Literature Resource Center; Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Vols. 2, 53; Poetry Criticism, Vol. 18; World Literature Criticism; Yesterday's Authors of Books for Children, Vol. 2.