In the meantime, maybe it's best to let my Snark venture out on its own with little baby steps, enough to whet the appetite of any lurking boojums. Plus, it's an exhibitionist and loves to be talked about. I still have no cover idea but I've finished the author's preface. I decided to focus on Carroll's portmanteaux. His revolutionary concept of the role that luggage can play in verbal communication must have baffled train porters and pedants alike.
Here is Figure 1:
Fig. 1 – A visual explication of the portmanteau concept. Shown here is Mr. Lewis Carroll, a poet and the author of this preface and a portmanteau of Rev. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, mathematics don at Christ Church College, Oxford.
And for the truly perplexed, Figure 2:
Fig. 2 – A visual explication of the portmanteau concept. Shown here is Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, a mathematics don at Christ Church College, Oxford and a portmanteau of Mr. Lewis Carroll, a poet and the author of this preface.
Hooray for the Victorian concept of what's suitable for children! More to come ...
Most original work I've ever seen!! Must comment on the interesting display of so many famous characters (I notice all male), could Stella Snead be possibly included? In any case, can't wait for the published copy.
ReplyDeleteStella Snead would be a wonderful addition to the crew (along with Fini, Carrington, Kahlo and others) but for one problem: all the characters whom I have chosen as hunters of the Snark must have been alive during Lewis Carroll's lifetime. I don't think Stella Snead qualifies, I will refer the matter to the crack team of idiot savants that I employ as researchers.
ReplyDeleteThanks though, for your unanimous interest in my Snark.
Congratulations Mahendra. Somewhat hard to catch all the references, but I'm guessing that might alone start a buzz. I'll be checking in periodically, so now you have...2 readers.
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