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Cover of Through the Looking-Glass

Victorian · Children’s fantasy

Through the Looking-Glass

by Lewis Carroll. A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Lewis Carroll examining logic, identity, language; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

Date
1871
Origin
England
Era
Victorian
Genre
Children’s fantasy
Difficulty
Moderate
Length
Medium
Collection
The Western Canon

Subjects and themes

Why it matters

A canonical or canon-adjacent work by Lewis Carroll examining logic, identity, language; included to broaden the catalog’s historical, literary, or intellectual coverage.

This work is included in the collection on the basis of expanded synthesis: bloom / great books / modern library / revised canon. Its cataloged influence level is 4 out of 5.