DAVID DAY has published 40 books of poetry, ecology, history, fantasy, mythology and fiction. He has been published in magazines and newspapers worldwide. He has also been a magazine editor, a columnist for the Daily Mail and Punch, a scriptwriter for television, a playwright for theatre, and a dramaturge for the Royal Birmingham Ballet. His books have won numerous literary awards and been selected as "Books of the Year" by Time magazine, New Scientist, Parents magazine and The Observer. David Day's books--for both adults and children--have sold over 4 million copies and have been translated into twenty languages.
"This is the kind of book that could keep list-makers for an
alternate-universe Buzzfeed site busy forever. . . .
Day's book proves . . . that Carroll's work, and its indefatigable
young protagonist, is itself a rabbit hole of mystery waiting to be
discovered." —Quill & Quire
"For an exhaustive and entertaining account of how Lewis Carroll
amused contemporaries in his favourite children's story, it may be
impossible to top David Day's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Decoded." —The Vancouver Sun
"It's no surprise to Lewis Carroll fans and scholars that
Wonderland is a rich, multi-layered text. But Day's work engages
and enlightens the casual reader in a way few scholarly works can,
and the beautiful book makes for an essential keepsake for any
Alice lover." —New York Daily News
"The book has never been out of print and each year brings new
editions of—and books about—Alice in Wonderland. . . . Standouts
this year include the beautifully illustrated and
organized Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Decoded." —Chicago Tribune
"We all think we know Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, but
David Day's seductively scholarly new look at the background to the
tale reveals the rich and labyrinthine workings of its creator and
the Victorian mindset that inspired it. His lively, thoroughly
researched investigations expand and enlarge all our ideas about
the Alice story, and give a whole new life to a
much-loved classic." —Michael Palin
"I've been reading the Alice adventures since my childhood, and
David Day's book is the one I would have wanted to write, had I his
talent, wit and wisdom. Decoded is the perfect vade mecum for all
travellers, new and seasoned, who venture into Alice's realms. In
the words of the poet, 'O frabjous Day!'" —Alberto Manguel, author
of A History of Reading
"David Day combines the expertise of an academic with the fervor of
a true Alice enthusiast. . . . In a remarkable act of literary
excavation, Day exposes the historical references, classical
allusions and subtly disguised symbols that he thinks Carroll
embedded in the tale of Wonderland as lessons for his protégé,
Alice Liddell. The volume includes Carroll's novel in full,
supplemented by Day's observations as he painstakingly traces the
various themes—music and philosophy, mathematics and poetry—that
run through Carroll's narrative, proving along the way
that Alice, even as it celebrates the absurd, exhibits
airtight logic. Richly illustrated, this is a
book Alice addicts will find irresistible." —BookPage
"David Day is the first author to demonstrate a complete
understanding of the many mathematical ideas that lie below the
surface in Lewis Carroll's classic fairy tale. No other author,
including Martin Gardner and the editors of the many editions of
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland that have appeared in the past
have undertaken this very important task. Day's interpretations are
creative in both the literary and mathematical sense, and most
importantly, are valid." —Francine Abeles, Professor Emerita,
Department of Mathematics, Kean University, and editor of The
Mathematical Pamphlets of Charles Dodgson
"Day has succeeded in making his thoroughly researched and
persuasively argued book appealing also for lovers
of Alice as well as for general readers interested in
Victorian literature and society." —Library Journal
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