Edward Lear, The Ear of Dionysus (1842)
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A True and Accurate Account of the Peregrinations and Polyanderings concerned with World Nonsense, including Travels into several Remote Nations of the World including the Lands of Snod, the Mysterious Mustache Island, and the Chankly Bore, about which shall be appended the Exploits and Opinions of Certain Members of the Society For the Prevention of Sense.
I had no idea that Jabberwocky had been translated into so many languages. I wonder if the same imagery is conjured up. It would be interesting to see the other language readers' interpretations in drawings.
ReplyDeleteThe translations have great variation... Check out this page for links to many of them...
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