路易斯・卡洛筆下的《愛麗絲夢遊仙境》和《鏡中奇遇》,不只是兒童讀物,更是結合幽默、哲理與奇想的經典文學。隨著愛麗絲穿越夢境與鏡子世界,讀者將發現故事中蘊藏著超越時代的現代主義與荒誕風格,搭配原版精美插畫,適合全齡細細品味。With an Introduction and Notes by Michael Irwin, Professor of English Literature, University of Kent at Canterbury This selection of Carroll's works includes Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, both containing the famous illustrations by Sir John Tenniel. No greater books for children have ever been written. The simple language, dreamlike atmosphere, and fantastical characters are as appealing to young readers today as ever they were.Meanwhile, however, these apparently simple stories have become recognised as adult masterpieces, and extraordinary experiments, years ahead of their time, in Modernism and Surrealism. Through wordplay, parody and logical and philosophical puzzles, Carroll engenders a variety of sub-texts, teasing, ominous or melancholy. For all the surface playfulness there is meaning everywhere.The author reveals himself i