March 2000
Digital Land Grab
Media corporations are stealing our cultural heritage. Can we take it back?
By Henry Jenkins
Between 1869 and 1930, some 200 writers imitated, revised or parodied Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Some sent Carroll's plucky protagonist into other imaginary lands others sent different protagonists to encounter the Mad Hatter or the Cheshire Cat. Some promoted conservative agendas, others advocated feminism or socialism. Among Carroll's imitators were literary figures such as Christina Rossetti, Frances Hodgson Burnett and E. Nesbit. Literary critic Carolyn Sigler argues that Alice parodies contributed considerably to Carroll's subsequent reputation. Today, after Shakespeare's work and the Bible, Lewis Carroll's writings are the most often cited in the English-speaking world.
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