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Sunday, May 23, 2004
Migraine aura symptoms gave rise to "Adventures in Wonderland"
Migraine aura may have been the inspiration for Lewis Carroll's descriptions of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland,' physicians suggest in a letter published in the April 17th issue of The Lancet.
Coining the term 'Alice in Wonderland syndrome' to refer to certain hallucinations specific to migraine, Lippman first suggested in the 1950s that Carroll may have used his own migraine experiences in writing 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' (1865) and the sequel 'Through the Looking Glass' (1871).
In recent years, however, this theory has been refuted because no mention of migraine could be found in the writer's journals before he wrote the Alice stories. Now, Drs. Klaus Podoll of the University of Technology in Aachen, Germany, and Derek Robinson of Berkshire, UK, report previously overlooked clues to support the relationship.
Migraine News, April 1999
posted by Marco Graziosi Sunday, May 23, 2004
Thursday, May 13, 2004
nonsenselit.org is online!
On 12 May 2004, Edward Lear's birthday, I am at last releasing the new portal for Nonsense literature. The Lear pages do not contain anything new, updating and renewing them is my next project, but you should find lots of interesting material:
- A new Peter Newell site containing, among many other things, the first republication of a long run of his comic strip: The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead;
- A web edition of the tallest book ever:The Flight of the Old Woman who was Tossed up in a Basket, London, 1844;
- A comic book in which Santa Claus meets Alice;
- An all new Pictures section containing full scans of two different colour editions of the Book of Nonsense;
- A Sounds section, which at the moment only contains a BBC Radio 4 programme about The Owl and the Pussy-cat;
- A Reading Shelf with Nonsense short stories and essays;
- Well, much more...
I've been working on this for a very long time, so be kind: visit and share your thoughts and suggestions!
posted by Marco Graziosi Thursday, May 13, 2004
Monday, May 03, 2004
Literary nonsense of Sukumar Ray once again!
Dungaroo, Flipfloposaurus, Billy-Hawk Calf among other animals paid a peppy visit to a book store here and regaled book lovers!
They are, after all, characters from the nonsensical world created by legendary Bengali writer Sukumar Ray.
The occasion was the launch of 'Abol Tabol: The Nonsense World of Sukumar Ray' by Sampurna Chattarji, an English translation of the Bengali original, at the Oxford Bookstore here in association with Penguin Books India.
This was followed by a dramatic rendition from the book by Ravi Khote, a multiple-medium performance artiste.
This selection offers the best of Ray's world -- pun-riddled, fun-fiddled poetry from 'Abol Tabol' and 'Khai-Khai', stories of schoolboy pranks from 'Pagla Dashu' and madcap explorers 'Heshoram Hushiyarer Diary', and the unforgettable harum-scarum classic of 'Haw-Jaw-Baw-Raw-Law'.
All the stories and poems are accompanied by Ray's inimitable illustrations.
India News Channel | 29 April 2004
posted by Marco Graziosi Monday, May 03, 2004
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