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Item specifics
- Condition
- Book Title
- The Hunting of the Snark: An Edition Printed in the Nyctographic
- ISBN
- 9781782013303
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Evertype
ISBN-10
178201330X
ISBN-13
9781782013303
eBay Product ID (ePID)
2342493377
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
124 Pages
Publication Name
Hunting of the Snark : An Edition Printed in the Nyctographic Square Alphabet Devised by Lewis Carroll
Language
English
Publication Year
2024
Subject
Alphabets & Writing Systems
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
5.9 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
TitleLeading
The
Synopsis
"The Hunting of the Snark" was first published in 1876, eleven years after "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and four years after "Through the Looking-Glass". It is a master-piece of nonsense and is connected to "Through the Looking-Glass" by its use of vocabulary from the poem "Jabberwocky". "The Hunting of the Snark" is a strangely dark poem, and some critics believe that its themes-insanity and death-are rather too adult in nature for children's literature. We know, nonetheless, that Lewis Carroll intended the poem to be enjoyed by children: he dedicated the book in acrostic verse to his young friend Gertrude Chataway, and signed some 80 presentation copies to other young readers. Many of those inscriptions were in the form of an acrostic based upon the name of the child to whom the book was presented. Part of the pleasure of reading this book is in the inevitable musing about what it means. Its author, often asked to explain his work, invariably replies that he does not know. It is therefore open to readers of the poem to decide the question for themselves... The Deseret alphabet was developed in the mid-19th century by the board of regents of the University of Deseret (later the University of Utah) under the direction of Brigham Young, second president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was intended to help make learning to write English easier. This wasn't very successful, though the alphabet does have interesting phonemic features, as well as being a fascinating part of Mormon history. This edition of "The Hunting of the Snark" is written entirely in that same alphabet, with fonts specially designed by John H. Jenkins and Michael Everson., An edition of The Hunting of the Snark printed in the Nyctographic Square Alphabet devised by Lewis Carroll
Illustrated by
Holiday, Henry
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