Modernism, Feminism, and Jewishness Book

This book is made up almost entirely of Alice in Wonderland pastiches, some intentional and some accidental on the part of their authors. Yes, there are some stories which subvert the common Victorian children's literature tropes more than the Alice books already do, but not signficantly more. And there are a few political parodies towards the end, but, on the whole, it's a book of Victorian and Edwardian Alice pastiches, some more successful than others.

None, even the more successful ones, come anywhere close to the wit and style of the Alice books, which makes this anthology a disappointment to someone coming to try to read more books in that vein. Rather, it's simply fascinating as a study of Victorian literature, and the effect Lewis Carroll had on it. The sentimentality and didacticism can get simply overwhelming if one isn't prepared for them, and I wouldn't recommend this book to anyone without a particular interest in Victorian children's literature - it's too overwhelming to foist on the ususpecting.