an illustrator's struggle with Lewis Carroll's poem "The Hunting of the Snark"
Recent PostsAfter last week's completely unprovoked and shameless casting of aspersions upon the English, for which the management apologizes (a freak neurological short-circuit in a rogue flying-monkey-ninja-research-department-intern), we turn instead to casti...
The attentive, perhaps even hyperactively aware reader, might think that we seem to have diverted somewhat from the more orthodox interpretations of Lewis Carroll’s Hunting of the Snark.Nothing could be further from the truth. By scrolling down to ...
In lieu of a genuinely Snarkish posting this week (have no fear, our Snark is in temporary occlusion only), I would like to present you with several Gradgrindish Facts instead :It is a Fact that the pursuit of Nonsense is a useful pastime which not o...
“The fact of Desertion I will not dispute;But its guilt, as I trust, is removed(So far as related to the costs of this suit)By the Alibi which has been proved.Wipe the smirk from your face, dear reader, stifle the groan in your throat … yes, we a...
Owing to the slings & arrows of outrageous fortune and all that, this Snark Hunt is in hiatus this week … apologies all around. Stay tuned next week …...
“You must know —” said the Judge: but the Snark exclaimed “Fudge!”That statute is obsolete quite!Let me tell you, my friends, the whole question dependsOn an ancient manorial right.“In the matter of Treason the pig would appearTo have aid...
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