'Tantalizing Alice'
Approaches, Concepts and Case-Studies in Adaptations of a Classic
Published on 3. August 2016
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Paperback/Softback
VIII, 212 pages
978-3-86821-666-0 (ISBN)
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This anthology seeks to illustrate not only different adaptations of and approaches to the character of Lewis Carroll's timeless classic Alice in the Wonderland, but also presents several case studies in order to shed new light on Alice as a prominent element of present-day 'travelling cultures and stories' around the globe. Having articles about the adaptation of Alice in various genres by international scholars, ranging from television and stage plays, bio-fiction, photography, films, cartoons, comics, circus rings and computer games, to name but a few, this collection of essays is, indeed, a unique contribution to the changing image of Alice on the global cultural landscape, demonstrating how the character of a little adventurous girl keeps living on in modern memory; above all, this collection highlights how this fictional figure keeps inspiring creative artists from different fields in our increasingly digital world to base their innovative works on and around her.
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Introduction 1
Sissy Helff and Nadia Butt
Adaptations, Theories, and the Many Faces of Alice
Adaptable Alice 11
Thomas Leitch
'The glory and the freshness of a dream:' Jonathan Miller's TV Play
Alice in Wonderland (1966) 29
Andrew J. Garavel
"No One Can Keep Their Hand Off Alice:" Alice, the 'Carroll Myth'
and Bio-fiction 41
Eckart Voigts
Reinventing Alice beyond Erotica
Alice's Eroticized Adventures on the Other Side of the Looking-Glass 59
Anna Kérchy
Favourite States of Nothing-On: Lewis Carroll and the Mortuary Wonderland
of American Photography 81
Georgiana Banita
"I - I'm a little girl": The New Adult in Film Adaptations
of Alice in Wonderland 101
Emily R. Aguilo-Perez
Beyond the Metaphors of Death and Despair: Susan Sontag's Play
Alice in Bed (1993) as a Portrait of Gender 115
Nadia Butt
Alice between Individual Recollection and Collective Memory
Early American Alice Cartoons 131
Nicole Richter
"The Real Alice?": Memory and Adaptation
in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland 141
Hugh H. Davis
After Alice: Wonderland's Autonomy in Tommy Kovac's
and Sonny Liew's Comic 155
Eva Jungbluth
Believing Impossible Things: Alice in the Circus Ring 181
Doyle Ott
"Let the New Wonderland Emerge!": Alice Computer Games
as Themed Virtual Spaces 191
Katharina E. Kinder-Kurlanda
Notes on Contributors 207
Introduction 1
Sissy Helff and Nadia Butt
Adaptations, Theories, and the Many Faces of Alice
Adaptable Alice 11
Thomas Leitch
'The glory and the freshness of a dream:' Jonathan Miller's TV Play
Alice in Wonderland (1966) 29
Andrew J. Garavel
"No One Can Keep Their Hand Off Alice:" Alice, the 'Carroll Myth'
and Bio-fiction 41
Eckart Voigts
Reinventing Alice beyond Erotica
Alice's Eroticized Adventures on the Other Side of the Looking-Glass 59
Anna Kérchy
Favourite States of Nothing-On: Lewis Carroll and the Mortuary Wonderland
of American Photography 81
Georgiana Banita
"I - I'm a little girl": The New Adult in Film Adaptations
of Alice in Wonderland 101
Emily R. Aguilo-Perez
Beyond the Metaphors of Death and Despair: Susan Sontag's Play
Alice in Bed (1993) as a Portrait of Gender 115
Nadia Butt
Alice between Individual Recollection and Collective Memory
Early American Alice Cartoons 131
Nicole Richter
"The Real Alice?": Memory and Adaptation
in Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland 141
Hugh H. Davis
After Alice: Wonderland's Autonomy in Tommy Kovac's
and Sonny Liew's Comic 155
Eva Jungbluth
Believing Impossible Things: Alice in the Circus Ring 181
Doyle Ott
"Let the New Wonderland Emerge!": Alice Computer Games
as Themed Virtual Spaces 191
Katharina E. Kinder-Kurlanda
Notes on Contributors 207