Alternative Alices

A peculiar and intriguing assembly of material that demonstrates the diversity of responses to Lewis Carroll's books.

~AB Bookman's Weekly

Sigler collects some jewels of literature by writers as diverse as Christina Rossetti, Frances Hodgson Burnett, E. Nesbit, Saki, and Edward Hope. Some of the pieces smack of Carrollian fantasy more than others, but all belong in this long-needed gathering of rare and sometimes difficult to locate texts.

~Choice

A must for all Carrollians who like to have everything and for those of us who do not have all the continuations. This book could be used to start a good debate on Alice imitations.

~Lewis Carroll Review

Sigler has collected a group of stories and excerpts that use the ALICE books of Lewis Carroll as a starting point. Some are imitations, some are parodies, some are satires, but all follow the basic 'Alice' model of the fantasy-dream, episodic structure, nonsense language, sudden shifts in identity, appearance and location... this is an interesting collection of pieces to have within the covers of one book.

~Library Journal

Visions and revisions of Lewis Carroll's Alice books are presented in a study which is recommended for any college-level student of Carroll's influences

~Midwest Book Review

This well-conceived anthology reprints generous extracts from notable revisions of Carroll's 'Alice' stories, together with the illustrations accompanying these works.

~Nineteenth-Century Literature

Among the 20 selections, written between 1869 and 1930, Sigler finds several gems: delightful homages, determined imitations and devotional sequels to Carroll's works.

~Publishers Weekly

This collection demonstrates the chord that Alice struck for Victorian and later writers and the symbolic place it has assumed in popular culture.

~Studies in English Literature