Publisher's Synopsis
Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The Hunt for the Snark (The Hunting of the Snark, in the original English) is a meaningless poem written by the British Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) in 1874, at the age of 42 years. The poem describes "with infinite humor, the impossible journey of an improbable crew, to find an inconceivable creature." Occasionally, he takes elements of Alice's poem Jabberwocky through the looking glass, especially some creature names like the Jubjub or the Bandersnatch; and some portmanteaus. However, it is an independent poem. It was first published in 1876 by Macmillan Publishers, with illustrations by Henry Holiday. As with other Carroll works, The Hunt for the Snark has been the subject of careful study. One of the most comprehensive studies is Martin Gardner's The Annotated Snark.Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Daresbury, Cheshire, UK, January 27, 1832-Guildford, Surrey, UK, January 14, 1898), better known by his pseudonym Lewis Carroll, was an Anglican deacon, logician, mathematician, photographer, and British writer. His best-known works are Alice in Wonderland and its continuation, Through the Looking Glass and what Alice found there.
