dc.contributor.author |
Lovell-Smith, Rosemary |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2012-03-02T00:02:31Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2007 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Children's Literature 35:27-53 2007 |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0092-8208 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/2292/12576 |
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dc.description.abstract |
In this paper I take that awareness a step further. First, I will show that the Pigeon scene derives from, and refers to, a natural history topos of the nineteenth century—what I will call the "egg-thief" motif. Second, I will review earlier commentary on the Pigeon scene. A varied set of readings already offers many possible ways of understanding the scene, but comments on such topics as its religious connotations, or Alice's identity problems, gain new dimensions when knowledge of the natural history context is brought into the discussion. Finally, I offer some further suggestions regarding our engagement as readers with this apparently enigmatic little encounter between snake-necked Alice and mother Pigeon. |
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dc.publisher |
Hollins University and The Johns Hopkins University Press |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Children's Literature |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Details obtained from http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/0092-8208/ |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.title |
Eggs and Serpents: Natural History Reference in Lewis Carroll's Scene of Alice and the Pigeon |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1353/chl.2007.0016 |
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pubs.begin-page |
27 |
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pubs.volume |
35 |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: Hollins University and The Johns Hopkins University Press |
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pubs.end-page |
53 |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/RestrictedAccess |
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pubs.subtype |
Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
73802 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2010-09-01 |
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