Friday, March 9, 2012

What influenced Alice in Wonderland, and what are some examples of influences alice had on popular culture?

What are some aspects that led up to and came from the writings of Alice in Wonderland. For example, the strict victorian mannerism and rhymes that the girls had to learn led up to Luis Carrol making fun of them by making rhymes like "Twinkle Twinkle little bat". And an example of an influence that Alice had is the song that Jefferson Airplane wrote about it. Also any links would be greatly appreciated.What influenced Alice in Wonderland, and what are some examples of influences alice had on popular culture?
The book was told originally to the real alice (liddell) and her two sisters on a boat trip of the thames river. Carroll was known his awkwardness and grew quite attached to alice, as a result she was the muse. He stemmed her personality and wit for Alice in the book as well as many other well known people around oxford (the lory was lorina, oldest sister, the eaglet, edit youngest sister, the dodo was Carroll himself from a nickname he had as a child because of the stutter)

The nonsense part was his own interpretation and to add humor to the book, the speach was typical Victorian era except for the specifically nonsensical words, and the logic and riddles were who he was *mathematic and logistics lecturer)

The history goes that after hearing the story, Alice begged Carroll (Dodgeson) to write the book so she could enjoy for ages to come. The original, Alices Adventures Underground was handwritten and given to Alice. Few years later, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland hit the printer.

Carroll was in love with Alice (yet to be actually proven but all evidence still in existance points there) and he didnt actually partake in drug use until after he was exiled from the Liddell family because of his close relationship with Alice.What influenced Alice in Wonderland, and what are some examples of influences alice had on popular culture?
Influences on 'Alice in Wonderland': opium and a fondness for young girls



Contributions to pop culture: anything that talks about following a white rabbit. Off the top of my head, there are references to this in 'The Matrix' and 'Lost'.

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