Tuesday, March 10, 2015

SDSU Children's Literature: Beware the Nonsense, Dear Reader: Dr. Heyman’s Presentation Recap

Blog summary of Dr. Heyfrog's Alice in Wonderland 150th Anniversary lecture at SDSU

“Ladies and Gentle Frogs,” an expression taken from Dr. Michael Heyman’s opening address to Wednesday’s presentation, is being recycled here to re-invoke the proper tone that is needed to cover the topic of nonsense. It is indeed curious and peculiar to identify and question, how and why Alice has become a name and a figure recognized through several generations.  To answer this question, Dr. Heyman evoked the spirit of Charles Ludwig Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll) and took the audience down the rabbit hole with his “Magic Lantern Show.” [Click here to read the rest!]
SDSU Children's Literature: Beware the Nonsense, Dear Reader: Dr. Heyman’s Presentation Recap