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Books : The Hunting of the Snark : An Agony in Eight Fits (Penguin Classics)In association with Amazon.comby: Lewis Carroll  Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.8 EAN: 9780140434910 ISBN: 0140434917 Label: Penguin Classics Manufacturer: Penguin Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: April 01, 1998 Publisher: Penguin Classics Studio: Penguin Classics Sales Rank: 1232510 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: 'They sought it with thimbles, they sought it with care; They pursued it with forks and hope; They threatened its life with a railway share; They charmed it with smiles and soap'. Ever since Lewis Carroll's nonsense epic appeared in 1876, readers have joined his ten-man Snark-hunting crew and pursued the search with great enthusiasm. What are they hunting for? What is the Snark? Numerous theories have been proposed. Carroll himself provides a helpful preface to the poem and is recorded as having explained to one reader: 'In answer to your question, 'What did you mean the Snark was?' will you tell your friend that I meant that the Snark was a Boojum. I trust that she and you will now feel quite satisfied and happy'.This edition, previously published as "The Annotated Snark", reproduces the original illustrations by Henry Holiday, including the 'supressed' Boojum drawing. Martin Gardner provides an introduction, notes and bibliography, and an Appendix contains F. C. S. Schiller's "Commentary on the Snark" and J. A. Lyndon's "Fit the Seven-and-a-Halfth". Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Other BooksThe Hunting of the Snark is a whacky piece of poetical silliness by Lewis Caroll. Complete nonsense, no-one knows what a Snark is, or why Snark hunters hunt it, or why anyone would want to become a Snark hunter to start with. Anyway, the poem is definitely amusing at times with some of the humour he slips in. Rating: - Carroll's Short and Sweet Chaucer ImitationThe Hunting of the Snark seems to be a very, very short imitation of The Canterbury Tales. The first chapter (titled a fit) introduces all of the occupations of all the different people going on a journey. However, instead of going on a general pilgrimage and telling tales along the way, their trip is very specific to hunting. The Baker actually attempts to tell a story, but the Bellman (who leads the group) says there's no time for storytelling. They have to catch the Snark before ... Read More Rating: - The best nonsense I've ever readI have read a great deal of nonsense in the past, but this was by far the best nonsense that I have ever read. There is no point, no meaning, no sense, and no boringness. It is a delightful poem (which is well written and very fun to read aloud) about a crew on a ship hunting a snark. The crew includes a captain who only rings a bell, a beaver, a cook who only cooks beavers (the beaver and the cook did not get along well), a man afraid that the snark would turn into a boojum and make him disappear, ... Read More Rating: - Agony? Hardly!Nonsense poems can easily miss the mark Yet, this masterpiece has that spark. "How do you kill a _____?", you ask To find the answer was the hunters' task. "What was their fate?", you wonder Did they ever catch their elusive plunder? A paragon of haunting Carollian lore Be in no doubt that you'll finish wanting more. This poem is just great! Rating: - Brilliant twiceFirst, this one of the most delightful pieces of writing that ever appeared in (more or less) English. It succeeds as a sustained exercise in illogic. I am sure that only a mathematical logician like Dodgson could possibly have pulled it off - only someone with such deep understanding of reason could master unreason so completely. Second, Martin Gardner's commentary adds depth and background to the reading. Gardner explains terms that are now obsolete, but also adds his own analysis and a ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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