tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post8294504411605490922..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Looking-glass spiesDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-79387052281025403272011-05-07T21:01:25.968+01:002011-05-07T21:01:25.968+01:00Dormice with honey, perhaps, alla Romana? What wil...Dormice with honey, perhaps, alla Romana? What will be, we have yet to see...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-74173290409473936792011-05-07T20:58:44.506+01:002011-05-07T20:58:44.506+01:00Loved the unlikely yet a propos segue from Littell...Loved the unlikely yet a propos segue from Littell to your own time spent with Alice, and am particularly curious to know what could have been on the menu for a "Wonderland-themed 'unique dining experience' as part of the Norfolk and Norwich Festival"!Susan Scheid (Raining Acorns)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02827286681242730183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-17379591231768698102011-05-07T10:41:11.231+01:002011-05-07T10:41:11.231+01:00I can perhaps assist on the point about Mrs Liddel...I can perhaps assist on the point about Mrs Liddell - <br /><br />From the Masque of Balliol:<br /><br />I am the Dean and this is Mrs Liddell<br />She is the first and I the second fiddle<br />She's the Broad and I'm the High<br />We are the University<br /><br />This was the second version and the first was less critical:<br /><br />I am the Dean of Christchurch, Sir<br />This is my wife, look well at her<br />[as before]<br /><br />The Dean was indeed a tall manDavid Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-84212043096380460432011-05-07T10:15:03.299+01:002011-05-07T10:15:03.299+01:00Strictly pre-Freud: but you had all those literary...Strictly pre-Freud: but you had all those literary forbears probing the depths, all of whom Freud was happy to acknowledge as having got there first.<br /><br />Wheeldon pushes not Freudianism but the notion that Mrs. Liddell was a pushy nightmare, hence turning up as head-chopping Queenie. No idea whether this is based in fact or not.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-56076403867149905082011-05-07T06:12:45.939+01:002011-05-07T06:12:45.939+01:00In considering Carroll and Alice Liddell, one shou...In considering Carroll and Alice Liddell, one should bear in mind that the time was pre-Freud. Indeed that makes any analysis more interesting.<br /><br />One aspect is that at that time Fellows of colleges (very confusingly called Students at Christ Church) were not allowed to marry ( they had to leave, often for a parish, on marriage): but the Dean (Liddell) was. So there were probably quite a few Students who looked - shall we say with pleasure - on the Dean's ten children (five boys, five girls)David Damantnoreply@blogger.com