Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream

Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream is a novel by John Kendrick Bangs. It was first published in 1907 by Doubleday, Page & Co. of New York, with illustrations by Albert Levering. It is a political parody of the two Alice books by Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871).

Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream
Front cover of the first edition
AuthorJohn Kendrick Bangs
IllustratorAlbert Levering[1]
Cover artistLevering
CountryUnited States
GenreFantasy novel, parody
PublisherDoubleday, Page & Co.
Publication date
1907
Pagesviii, 124[1]
OCLC191114417
LC ClassPS1064.B3 A7 1907[1]

It is critical of collectivism and economic issues such as taxation, corporate greed, and corruption. Instead of entering Wonderland, Alice finds herself in "Blunderland", which is also described as "Municipal Ownership Country".

The book features line drawings by Albert Levering 1869–1929), after the original Alice illustrations by John Tenniel.

In 1902, Bangs had written a book inspired by Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, called Rollo in Emblemland.

Part of Alice in Blunderland was previously published as "Alice in Municipaland" in Concerning Municipal Ownership, vol. 1 no. 10 (December 1906), pp. 182–87 (perhaps the first chapter of the book).[2]

Plot

Alice travels to Blunderland where nothing is supposed to be, children live in the Municipal House of the Children and the Duchess and the City are their parents. We find in this novel all the familiar characters made famous by Alice in Wonderland: the dormouse, the Mad Hatter, the Cheshire Cat and others.[3]

Contents
  1. Off to Blunderland 3
  2. The Immovable Trolley 19
  3. The Aromatic Gas Plant 37
  4. The City-owned Police 56
  5. The Municipaphone 73
  6. The Department of Public Verse 92
  7. Ownership of Children 108

Bibliography
Cover of the 2010 Evertype edition
  • Bangs, John Kendrick (2010) Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream. Mhaigh Eo, Éire [County Mayo]: Evertype. ISBN 978-1-904808-56-5. LCCN 2014-378531

References
  1. "Alice in Blunderland, an iridescent dream" (1st ed.). LC Online Catalog. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  2. "Alice in Municipaland : an iridescent dream". WorldCat. Retrieved 2016-08-29.
  3. "Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream". Barnes and Noble. Retrieved February 19, 2013.
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