Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. (Annotated) Lewis Carroll

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-This book contains a historical context, where past events or the study and narration of these events are examined. The historical context refers to the circumstances and incidents surrounding an event. This context is formed by everything that, in some way, influences the event when it happens. A fact is always tied to its time: that is, to its characteristics. Therefore, when analyzing events that took place tens, hundreds or thousands of years ago, it is essential to know the historical context to understand them. Otherwise, we would be analyzing and judging what happened in a totally different era with a current perspective. Lewis Carroll reflects in Alice the characteristics of the Victorian Era, when he lived and wrote. Allusions are constant the ideals of his time, embodied in those writers who rejected the romantic authors of the first quarter of a century. Thus Dickens, Tennyson or Thackeray were the most representative authors. There was a total boom in almost all areas: scientific (Darwin's theories), economic (industrial revolution), social (a moot aspect due to the hardships of the proletarian masses), technological (the railroad), geographical (the conquest of India and travels by Africa of Stanley and Livingstone).