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Lewis Carroll

Won’t you join the dance? An invitation

by Joanna on April 24, 2007

Some of you might have been intrigued by the question at the top of the coaching wizardry screen: "Will you, won’t you, will you, won’t you, won’t you join the dance?" You might have recognised it as the refrain from Lewis Carroll’s Lobster Quadrille – a beautiful gentle poem, and an invitation to join the [...]

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Jabberwocky: sense and nonsense

by Joanna on March 1, 2007

You might have noticed various quotes from ‘Alice’ dotted around this blog. I find the two Lewis Carroll books a constant source of inspiration: stories that entertain children, explore some of the deepest philosophical issues (“who am I?”) and play, masterfully, with language. Some of the most famous bits are written in “nonsense”, words that [...]

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