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Journal of Victorian Culture, 2020

Despite the ‘acoustic turn’ providing ‘a corrective to the visualist bias of much scholarship on ... more Despite the ‘acoustic turn’ providing ‘a corrective to the visualist bias of much scholarship on modern and postmodern culture’, the Alice books and their author have been almost exclusively seen rather than heard by critics to date. Prompted by a collaboration with composer Paul Rissmann which resulted in a concert suite performed by the London Symphony Orchestra in 2015, in this article I undertake the first detailed exploration of the sonic dimension of these texts. This merits attention not only because of its very emphatic foregrounding within the frame narrative of Wonderland, but also because of authorial interests and preoccupations, and the quickly established and still enduring musical afterlife of the books. Although triggered in Wonderland by the pastoral and by the sounds of the natural world, a process of translation or transformation renders a very different sonic landscape within the narrative proper. The bucolic frames an often raucous modern core, with Carroll embedding not only catchy anodyne melodies but also the sounds of the everyday and of contemporary industry, transport, and material culture. Attending to the rich and varied soundscape of Carroll’s best-known works sheds new light on their widely examined images but also restores a key dimension of the texts, essential to their Victorian reception. The detailed exploration of the full range of sonic phenomena within the works, from music to noise, and spanning both sound and silence, opens up new relationships between Carroll and his Victorian contemporaries, as well as further reinforcing his status as a proto-modernist.

The Journal of Popular Culture, 2019

In Britain, children dressing as their favourite book character has become synonymous with World ... more In Britain, children dressing as their favourite book character has become synonymous with World Book Day, an event created by UNESCO in 1995 to promote reading for pleasure. Book-based fancy dress is often a fraught process which has attracted considerable critique. Its examination offers insights into issues ranging from intergenerational relations to the place of reading in contemporary society. In this article, I debunk a number of common criticisms levelled at World Book Day’s fancy dress component, but argue that there are nevertheless several good reasons why book-based fancy dress should be rethought and reformed.

Australian Journal of French Studies, 2005

Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, 2011

... Web. 4 March 2010; 3. Bernabé, Jean, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Raphaël Confiant. Éloge de la cr... more ... Web. 4 March 2010; 3. Bernabé, Jean, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Raphaël Confiant. Éloge de la créolité. Paris: Gallimard, 1989. ... Web. 4 March 2010; 18. Quiñones, Viviana. “Régine Jasor, libraire et éditrice à Pointe-à-Pitre.” Takam Tikou 11 (2004): 41–43. Print; 19. ...

Beyond the Book: Transforming Children’s Literature, Papers from the British IBBY/NCRCL MA conference held at Roehampton University, UK, on 11 November 2012. IBBY/NCRCL Papers 19, ed. by Bridget Carrington and Jennifer Harding , 2014

This paper investigates the relationship that children have developed with their books and their ... more This paper investigates the relationship that children have developed with their books and their clothes through being dressed, or choosing to dress, like literary characters.

International Research in Children's Literature, Jan 1, 2009

Australian Journal of French Studies, 2005

In the light of comprehensive accounts concerning Jules Verne's reception during his lifetime... more In the light of comprehensive accounts concerning Jules Verne's reception during his lifetime and in the century since his death, one could be forgiven for assuming that everything his case can tell us about processes of legitimization has already been told. 1 ...

French Studies Bulletin, 2004

Many of the several threads linking Jules Verne and George Sand have already been drawn out by sc... more Many of the several threads linking Jules Verne and George Sand have already been drawn out by scholars. 1 That each writer admired and respected the other is clear: while Sand asked Hetzel (the publisher she shared with Verne) for the works of the latter which she' ...

French Studies Bulletin, 2001

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French Studies, Jan 1, 2009

French Studies, Jan 1, 2009

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Journal of Victorian Culture, 2020

Despite the ‘acoustic turn’ providing ‘a corrective to the visualist bias of much scholarship on ... more Despite the ‘acoustic turn’ providing ‘a corrective to the visualist bias of much scholarship on modern and postmodern culture’, the Alice books and their author have been almost exclusively seen rather than heard by critics to date. Prompted by a collaboration with composer Paul Rissmann which resulted in a concert suite performed by the London Symphony Orchestra in 2015, in this article I undertake the first detailed exploration of the sonic dimension of these texts. This merits attention not only because of its very emphatic foregrounding within the frame narrative of Wonderland, but also because of authorial interests and preoccupations, and the quickly established and still enduring musical afterlife of the books. Although triggered in Wonderland by the pastoral and by the sounds of the natural world, a process of translation or transformation renders a very different sonic landscape within the narrative proper. The bucolic frames an often raucous modern core, with Carroll embedding not only catchy anodyne melodies but also the sounds of the everyday and of contemporary industry, transport, and material culture. Attending to the rich and varied soundscape of Carroll’s best-known works sheds new light on their widely examined images but also restores a key dimension of the texts, essential to their Victorian reception. The detailed exploration of the full range of sonic phenomena within the works, from music to noise, and spanning both sound and silence, opens up new relationships between Carroll and his Victorian contemporaries, as well as further reinforcing his status as a proto-modernist.

The Journal of Popular Culture, 2019

In Britain, children dressing as their favourite book character has become synonymous with World ... more In Britain, children dressing as their favourite book character has become synonymous with World Book Day, an event created by UNESCO in 1995 to promote reading for pleasure. Book-based fancy dress is often a fraught process which has attracted considerable critique. Its examination offers insights into issues ranging from intergenerational relations to the place of reading in contemporary society. In this article, I debunk a number of common criticisms levelled at World Book Day’s fancy dress component, but argue that there are nevertheless several good reasons why book-based fancy dress should be rethought and reformed.

Australian Journal of French Studies, 2005

Contemporary French and Francophone Studies, 2011

... Web. 4 March 2010; 3. Bernabé, Jean, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Raphaël Confiant. Éloge de la cr... more ... Web. 4 March 2010; 3. Bernabé, Jean, Patrick Chamoiseau, and Raphaël Confiant. Éloge de la créolité. Paris: Gallimard, 1989. ... Web. 4 March 2010; 18. Quiñones, Viviana. “Régine Jasor, libraire et éditrice à Pointe-à-Pitre.” Takam Tikou 11 (2004): 41–43. Print; 19. ...

Beyond the Book: Transforming Children’s Literature, Papers from the British IBBY/NCRCL MA conference held at Roehampton University, UK, on 11 November 2012. IBBY/NCRCL Papers 19, ed. by Bridget Carrington and Jennifer Harding , 2014

This paper investigates the relationship that children have developed with their books and their ... more This paper investigates the relationship that children have developed with their books and their clothes through being dressed, or choosing to dress, like literary characters.

International Research in Children's Literature, Jan 1, 2009

Australian Journal of French Studies, 2005

In the light of comprehensive accounts concerning Jules Verne's reception during his lifetime... more In the light of comprehensive accounts concerning Jules Verne's reception during his lifetime and in the century since his death, one could be forgiven for assuming that everything his case can tell us about processes of legitimization has already been told. 1 ...

French Studies Bulletin, 2004

Many of the several threads linking Jules Verne and George Sand have already been drawn out by sc... more Many of the several threads linking Jules Verne and George Sand have already been drawn out by scholars. 1 That each writer admired and respected the other is clear: while Sand asked Hetzel (the publisher she shared with Verne) for the works of the latter which she' ...

French Studies Bulletin, 2001

French Studies, Jan 1, 2009

French Studies, Jan 1, 2009

Page 1. hfitupilis in Unrrtyx THE UNDERW0RLDS DF MDDERN URRAN CULTURE. 1800-2001 DAVID L. PIKE IN... more Page 1. hfitupilis in Unrrtyx THE UNDERW0RLDS DF MDDERN URRAN CULTURE. 1800-2001 DAVID L. PIKE INIjjH^!!?? SMJd ^- Page 2. Page 3. Metropolis on the Styx Thi s Or XRZS-WBP-81G4 Page 4. Page 5. METROPOLIS ...

Early Popular Visual Culture, 2019

Histoires de la Terre, 2008

Journal of Victorian Culture, 2020

Despite the ‘acoustic turn’ providing ‘a corrective to the visualist bias of much scholarship on ... more Despite the ‘acoustic turn’ providing ‘a corrective to the visualist bias of much scholarship on modern and postmodern culture’, the Alice books and their author have been almost exclusively seen rather than heard by critics to date. Prompted by a collaboration with composer Paul Rissmann which resulted in a concert suite performed by the London Symphony Orchestra in 2015, in this article I undertake the first detailed exploration of the sonic dimension of these texts. This merits attention not only because of its very emphatic foregrounding within the frame narrative of Wonderland, but also because of authorial interests and preoccupations, and the quickly established and still enduring musical afterlife of the books. Although triggered in Wonderland by the pastoral and by the sounds of the natural world, a process of translation or transformation renders a very different sonic landscape within the narrative proper. The bucolic frames an often raucous modern core, with Carroll embe...

The Journal of Popular Culture