a b Robson, Catherine (2001). Men in Wonderland: The Lost Girlhood of the Victorian Gentlemen. Princeton University Press. p.137.

In the twenty-first century, Alice's continuing appeal has been attributed to her ability to be continuously re-imagined. [32] In Men in Wonderland, Catherine Robson writes that, "In all her different and associated forms—underground and through the looking glass, textual and visual, drawn and photographed, as Carroll's brunette or Tenniel's blonde or Disney's prim miss, as the real Alice Liddell [...] Alice is the ultimate cultural icon, available for any and every form of manipulation, and as ubiquitous today as in the era of her first appearance." [45] Robert Douglass-Fairhurst compares Alice's cultural status to "something more like a modern myth," suggesting her ability to act as an empty canvas for "abstract hopes and fears" allows for further "meanings" to be ascribed to the character. [73] Zoe Jacques and Eugene Giddens suggest that the character occupies a status within pop culture where "Alice in a blue dress is as ubiquitous as Hamlet holding a skull," which creates "the strange position whereby the public 'knows' Alice without having read either Wonderland or Looking-Glass." [74] They argue that this allows for creative freedom in subsequent adaptations, in that faithfulness to the texts can be overlooked. [74] Carroll’s clever use of language and his ability to utilize illogic as a story telling device has made Alice in Wonderland popular among adults, while the illustrations and playful language allowed children to enjoy the story as well. McCrum, Robert (20 January 2014). "The 100 best novels: No 18 – Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll (1865)". The Guardian . Retrieved 17 September 2015. Krips, Valerie (2004). The Presence of the Past: Memory, Heritage and Childhood in Post-War Britain. London: Routledge.

a b D'Ambrosio, Michael A. (November 1970). "Alice for Adolescents". The English Journal. National Council of Teachers of English. 59 (8): 1075. doi: 10.2307/813515. JSTOR 813515. a b Kemp, Stuart (December 9, 2011). "Remake of Erotic 'Alice In Wonderland' Co-Written By the Late Ken Russell a Go". The Hollywood Reporter.

Disney’s sugarcoating of the spiky character of Alice made her all the more delicious. The jukebox-and-milkshake cuteness of her outfit turned this Alice from a child into a teenager – not technically accurate, but in keeping with the spirit of the book, which is eternally adolescent in its obsession with changing bodies and with escaping the adult world. The fashion world was entranced. “Although the real Alice was seven, Alice’s journey in the book is about the emergence of identity,” says Bailey. “It’s about realising that the world doesn’t really make sense and that it’s up to you to be who you want to be. And those are ideas that are so important in fashion.” Woody Allen's film Alice, while not a direct adaptation, did follow a woman who has a series of surreal adventures. Alice also appears as a college-attending teenager alongside Wendy Darling, Dorothy Gale, and Susan Pevensie in Chicago in 2005 and 2006, in the comic book series The Oz/Wonderland Chronicles. Alice also appears as an aging woman in Alan Moore's graphic novel, Lost Girls. Analysis of Alice in Wonderland has reached scholarly levels thanks to Carroll’s fascinating incorporation of mathematic principles, powerful symbolism and linguistic gymnastics; academics continue to theorize on the story’s true meaning and the significance behind the multitude of characters. The main character of the anime Kiniro Mosaic, Alice, is a direct parody of this Alice; she constantly makes references to Alice in Wonderland, and for some characters, she resembles the White Rabbit too. Her love interest, Shino, appears as the Mad Hatter in the credits. a b Gardner, Martin; Lewis Carroll (1998). The Annotated Alice. Random House. pp.25–6. ISBN 978-0-517-18920-7.Once Upon a Time: Once Upon a Time (Book) • Snow White's Glass Coffin • Red Riding Hood • Maleficent's Staff • Magic Wand • Glass Slipper • Poisoned Apple • Spinning Wheel • Magic Lamp • Dark One's Dagger • Chipped Cup • Jefferson's Hat • Magic Beans • Captain Hook's Hooks • Enchanted Candle • Pixie Dust • Dreamshade • Salad Fork • Pandora's Box • Silver Slippers • Sorcerer Hat • Enchanted Broom • Trident • Enchanted Shell • Heroes and Villains (Book) • Merida's Bow • Magical Rose • Excalibur • Olympian Crystal • Cinderella's Dress • Golden Scarab Beetle • Rapunzel's Frying Pan • Magical Golden Flower • Shrinking Potion • Floating Lanterns • Tarot Cards • Maui's Fish Hook a b c d Hubbell, George Shelton (April–June 1940). "Triple Alice". The Sewanee Review. Johns Hopkins University Press. 48 (2): 181–5. JSTOR 27535641. Give a Little Whistle" • " Heigh-Ho" • " With a Smile and a Song" • " Beauty and the Beast" • " Part of Your World" • " Fathoms Below" • " Cruella De Vil • " Some Day My Prince Will Come" • " The Unbirthday Song" Alice is a fictional character and the main protagonist of Lewis Carroll's children's novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel, Through the Looking-Glass (1871). A child in the mid- Victorian era, Alice unintentionally goes on an underground adventure after falling down a rabbit hole into Wonderland; in the sequel, she steps through a mirror into an alternative world.

Alice has long been a touchstone for fashion, too. Vivienne Westwood, Zac Posen, Viktor & Rolf, and John Galliano have all sent looks down the runway inspired by Caroll's characters and Tenniel's drawings, while the transformative, otherworldly possibilities of Wonderland hold appeal for fashion shoots. Delahunty, Andrew; Sheila Dignen (2012). Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. p.11. Tangled: Rapunzel • Flynn Rider • Stabbington Brothers • Pub Thugs • Attila • Vlad • Big Nose • Hook Hand • Ulf • Shorty • Pascal • Maximus • Mother Gothel • The King • The Queen • Captain of the Guards • Warthog • The LanternThe Literary Churchman remarking that Tenniel's art of Alice provided "a charming relief to the all the grotesque appearances which surround her." [59] Alice's character has been highlighted by later literary critics as unusual or a departure from the typical mid-nineteenth-century child protagonists. [60] [61] [62] Richard Kelly sees the character as Carroll's creation of a different protagonist through his reworking of the Victorian orphan trope. According to Kelly, Alice must rely on herself in Wonderland away from her family, but the moral and societal narrative arc of the orphan is replaced with Alice's intellectual struggle to maintain her sense of identity against the inhabitants of Wonderland. [62] Alison Lurie argues that Alice defies the gendered, mid-Victorian conceptions of the idealized girl: Alice does not have a temperament in keeping with the ideal, and she challenges the adult figures in Wonderland. [60] Carroll, Lewis (2009). Alice's adventures in Wonderland and Through the looking-glass and what Alice found there. Hunt, Peter, 1945-, Tenniel, John, 1820-1914. (Newed.). New York: Oxford University Press. p.21. ISBN 9780191571299. OCLC 812193030. Wonderland is always a powerful metaphor or idea to work with," says Bailey. And that's what the V&A show is interested in: how one man's nonsensical story, made up to entertain a little girl, has allowed so many generations of readers and so many restlessly reinventing artists to go down the rabbit hole of their own imagination.

a b c d Brennan, Geraldine (2009). Eccleshare, Julia (ed.). 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up. New York: Universe Publishing. p.411. ISBN 9780789318763. There was a sense of 'is this book just for children or is it for adults?'" says Bailey. "Going with the illustrator from Punch and the appeal to the adult audience was obviously partly in Carroll's mind. It was very strategic."

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After rejecting the advances of her boyfriend, William (Ron Nelson), mousy librarian Alice falls asleep reading Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. The White Rabbit appears to her in a dream and she follows him into Wonderland. Finding herself in a room and too large to fit through the small door, Alice drinks a potion which causes her to shrink while her dress remains the same size, leaving her naked. While chasing the White Rabbit, she falls into a river and begins to drown, but is saved by a group of local inhabitants. After making friends with them, Alice is given a new (albeit very revealing) dress before setting off after the White Rabbit again. While walking through the woods, she begins to experiment with her sexuality by stripping naked and masturbating. The White Rabbit happens upon her and takes her to meet the Mad Hatter.