Lewis Carroll Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of world-famous children's fiction, notably "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and its sequel "Through the Looking-Glass". He was noted for his facility at word play, logic and fantasy. The poems "Jabberwocky" and "The Hunting of the Snark" are classified in the genre of literary nonsense. He was also a mathematician, photographer and Anglican deacon. Carroll came from a family of high church Anglicans, and developed a long relationship with Christ Church, Oxford, where he lived for
The Poem of the End The Poem of the End The Poem of the End (, 'poema kontsa') is the name of two poems by Russian poets of the early 20th century. Poem of the End (usually given in English without an article) is the best known poem by Russian poet Vasilisk Gnedov. One of the most radically experimental poets of Russian Futurism, Gnedov's Poem of the End consisted of its title alone on a blank page. Gnedov would perform the poem on stage using a silent gesture. The collection from which it came, Death to Art (1913), contained fifteen very short poems that gradually