In this drawing in Punch by John Tenniel, the Specter of Cholera stands in front of “the huddled masses” of East European Jews fleeing persecution and pogroms whose entry is blocked by Britannia extending a stiff arm. Increasing pressure was brought to bear on the government to limit immigration, particularly Jewish immigration, which much of the British public claimed created a serious threat to national life. Although the Victorian age was a period of gradual progress and increasing acceptance of Jews (including particularly widespread sympathy for the plight of Jews escaping persecution and destitution), rising unemployment, economic difficulties, and the meteoric growth of communal discontent soon turned public attention to the social impact of immigration. The Anglican Church in his day promulgated the medieval Church’s historical antisemitism and scapegoating of Jews as moneylenders, social outcasts, and murderers. court against the EPA in which the judge critically wrote that the EPA was employing “the logic of the Queen of Hearts, substituting the EPA’s desires for the plain text.”Ĭarroll was ordained as a deacon in the Church of England, and he remained a faithful Anglican throughout his life. My personal favorite example is a 2008 opinion by a D.C. – and references to Alice continue to suffuse the culture.
Many of Carroll’s invented words are now part of the established lexicon many of his expressions have become common catchphrases – “down the rabbit hole” “curiouser and curiouser” “off with their heads” etc. The Alice books have influenced a great variety of artists and writers, including Walt Disney, whose beloved 1951 Alice in Wonderland film is today a cult classic considered one of the greatest animated masterpieces of all time. Contemporary booksellers say that the books, which have been translated into 70 languages, are still among their best-selling children’s books. Carroll’s books, which he published himself using his own funds, became instantly popular and sold 120,000 copies by 1885.
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