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Cover of The Hunting of the Snark

Victorian ยท Poetry / nonsense

The Hunting of the Snark

by Lewis Carroll. A significant canonical or canon-expanding work by Lewis Carroll, centered on language, logic, play; added in the full 1,200-work edition for its sustained influence, representative importance, or role in revising the traditional canon.

Date
1876
Origin
England
Era
Victorian
Genre
Poetry / nonsense
Difficulty
Moderate
Length
Medium
Collection
The Western Canon

Subjects and themes

Why it matters

A significant canonical or canon-expanding work by Lewis Carroll, centered on language, logic, play; added in the full 1,200-work edition for its sustained influence, representative importance, or role in revising the traditional canon.

This work is included in the collection on the basis of full-canon expansion: traditional, modern, revised, and genre canons. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.