Alice in the Orient (Anthem Nineteenth Century Studies)

"Alice in the Orient" is a fascinating and beautifully illustrated exploration of the way in which Lewis Carroll's classic stories reflect the differences in which Western and Japanese attitudes to the portrayal of women, in particular young women, in literature and in art. Examining Japanese translations and illustrations of the two Alice books from 1899 to 1989, through Meiji, Taisho and Showa Japan, Mikiko Chimori relates them to Lewis Carroll's own illustrations and those of John Tenniel, the first and most celebrated illustrator of the Alice books. Chimori then locates the work of Carroll and Tenniel in the contexts of Japanese art and literature, and of women's and children's education, throughout the twentieth century. This important comparative study will appeal all those interested in Lewis Carroll and the Victorian period, Japanese literature and art, art history, social history and translation.