The Hunting of the Snark - The Original Classic Edition

from abealy

A phantasmagoric fever dream of a book, The Hunting of The Snark is that extra goody lovers of Lewis Carroll get to visit after consuming the two Alice books and hungering for more. Slight, but stuffed with nonsensical rhyme and non-reason, The Snark has always been one of my favorite diversions....

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This is about the 1st edition of The Hunting of the Snark (1876). Henry Holiday, the first illustrator of Lewis Caroll's The Hunting of the Snark, categorized the long poem as a tragedy. It is an underestimated and underresearched ballade. Read it carefully: There was an old man of Port Grigor, W...

from fundevogel

This was a fun read and beautifully illustrated by Oleg Lipchenko, but it isn't as fun as the other nonsense poems I know by Carroll. You know, The Jabberwocky, The Walrus and the Carpenter and You Are Old Father William. I suppose the issue is this poem is much longer than any of that bunch and ...

from Michael.Rimmer

Mervyn Peake's illustrations for The Hunting of the Snark emphasise the absurd and grotesque elements of Carroll's verse, whilst those of Jansson its otherworldly and hauntingly ethereal aspects. Although Peake is just a shade ahead for me, I do love Jansson's take on this classic piece of nonsense.

from TomKitten

Lewis Carroll's slight work of nonsense verse continues to inspire illustrators and Oleg Lipchenko's sepia toned constructions are a fine addition to the canon. He perfectly captures the dream-state drollery of the "Agony in Eight Fits," peopling his drawings with characters who carry the flag fo...