Als 150 anys de «The Hunting of the Snark» de Lewis Carrol els de Delícies d’Alícia organitzem la jornada «150 anys de l’Snark de Lewis Carroll. Exercicis de traducció» l'11.05.2026, a Barcelona, UPF, edifici Tànger, c/Tànger, 122-140, aula 55.309 a les 16 h. Snark, Merma, Tiburente, Snarka, Sauró

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The “Caucus Race” might (also) be about voting systems. In a PR system (supported by Dodgson) all get prices (with different sizes).

More about Lewis Carroll’s plays with words: As “Boots” is a real word, Lewis Carroll knew that it is difficult for readers of “The Hunting of the Snark” to understand that it also is an interlaced portmanteau made from “Bonnets” and “Hoods”.

Pavel and Jamie, as for how Carroll played with words (and therefore with his readers), it is possible that both of you are right.

@quoteinvestigator.com offers a website to check quotes.

BBC4 missed the 150th anniversary of “The Hunting of the Snark”. They once broadcasted a wonderful Snark radio drama, but seemingly are not interested to send it again.

There is no original Lewis Carroll source where this “imagination” quote can be found.

There is no original Lewis Carroll source where you can find this quote.

From Lewis Carroll's 'The Hunting of the Snark', pages 4 and 5. In the image (source: https://archive.org/details/huntingofsnarkag00carrrich/page/4/mode/2up), lines 009 (https://snrk.de/snarkhunt/#009) and 010 (https://snrk.de/snarkhunt/#009) are highlighted. 009　 The crew was complete: it included a Boots — 010　　A maker of Bonnets and Hoods — 011　 A Barrister, brought to arrange their disputes — 012　　And a Broker, to value their goods. 013　 A Billiard-marker, whose skill was immense, 014　　Might perhaps have won more than his share — 015　 But a Banker, engaged at enormous expense, 016　　Had the whole of their cash in his care. 017　 There was also a Beaver, that paced on the deck, 018　　Or would sit making lace in the bow: 019　 And had often (the Bellman said) saved them from wreck, 020　　Though none of the sailors knew how.

To you, was the "Boots" a "maker of Bonnets and Hoods" when you read (or listened to) Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark" as a child?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Poetry/comments/1saigeb/comment/oecccx0/ GoetzKluge OP 2026-04-05 By the way, a maker of bonnets and hoods isn't necessarily a hatter, because bonnets and hoods aren't necessarily hats. In the image below you can see a ventilation hood behind a sail. The sail could be a bonnet (an extension to the lower edge of an existing sail), which is connected to the bowsprit which (as Snark readers know) got mixed with the rudder sometimes. Once the ship has been snarked in that manner, the helmsman (this office was usually undertaken by the Boots) used to stand by with tears in his eyes; he knew it was all wrong, but alas! In the image you also see the Beaver making lace in the bow. The bowsprit and the bonnet are positioned behind the animal. It seems that sometimes the maker of bonnets had to ferociously plan a novel arrangement of bows.

A maker of bonnets and hoods isn't necessarily a hatter, because bonnets and hoods aren't necessarily hats.

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How early did "The Hunting of the Snark" shape you?

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Not by Lewis Carroll.

It seems that since 1876 most readers of "The Hunting of the Snark" assume that the Snark hunting party consists of ten members. But in Michael Sporn‘s beautiful animated Snark film (1989), there are only nine Snark hunters, not ten. In Sporn’s film, the “Boots — a maker of Bonnets and Hoods” is boarding the Bellman’s vessel as a single person. I learned about this from u/DrSousaphone on Reddit. Source (2026-03-30): https://snrk.de/michael-sporns-snark/

In Sporn’s animated "The Hunting of the Snark" (1989), the “Boots — a maker of Bonnets and Hoods” is boarding the Bellman’s vessel as a single person. To Sporn, there are only nine Snark hunters, not ten.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/Radio4/comments/1ryhy2e/bbc_radio_play_the_hunting_of_the_snark_and_the/ BBC Radio Play "The Hunting of the Snark" and the 150th anniversary of Carroll's Snark tragicomedy r/Radio4 - BBC Radio Play "The Hunting of the Snark" and the 150th anniversary of Carroll's Snark tragicomedy BBC Radio 4 already missed two 150th anniversaries of "The Hunting of the Snark". Will they at least celebrate the 3rd one? The tragicomedy was officially published on April 1st, 1876. I hope that BBC Radio will re-broadcast their Snark radio play (2015) in April 2026.

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In celebration of the 150th anniversary of its first publication, Byopia Press presents a DIY edition of 'The Hunting of the Snark'.
Instructions in two posts. Find the first here:

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That's good news, as #OTD (2026-04-01) we can celebrate the 150th anniversary of Macmillan's official publication of Lewis Carroll and Henry Holiday's "The Hunting of the Snark".

This map hopefully helps to find one’s way to today’s celebrations of the 150th anniversary of “The Hunting of the Snark”.

No joke but with jokes: On 1st of April, 2026, #OTD, "The Hunting of the Snark" celebrates the official 150th anniversary of its publishing by Macmillan. One of the jokes is that Lewis Carroll left it in the lines 9 and 10 of his Snark tragicomedy to you to decide whether there are 9 Snark hunters or 10 (https://snrk.de/?s=9.5). I chose 9. What is your choice? Image: Depiction of 9 Snark hunters in two illustrations by Henry Holiday to Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark". See also: https://snrk.de/snarkhunt/#portmanteau

No joke but with jokes: On 1st of April, 2026, #OTD, "The Hunting of the Snark" celebrates the official 150th anniversary of its publishing. One of the jokes is that Lewis Carroll left it in lines 9 and 10 to you to decide whether there are 9 or 10 Snark hunters (snrk.de?s=9.5).

For your work that’s fine, as you already take care of maintaning the ambguity in lines 9 and 10.

Almost all adaptions of "The Hunting of the Snark" and writings about that tragicomedy adopted without any doubt the opinion that the "Boots" and the "maker of Bonnets and Hoods" are separate persons. It is a challenge to show that lines 9 and 10 of the Snark are ambiguous.

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JGLG, do you have (I don't have it) access to Abigail E. Acland and Gregory M. Acland's paper “‘The Crew Was Complete:…’, But How Many Was That?” (p. 15-17 in issue 81, Winter 1992/93, volume 22, no. 1, thecarrollian.org.uk/cgi-bin/abc....) as a reference for "Interpretaciones del Snark"?

As a consumer of translations I like that. I think that preserving ambiguities faithfully is part of the art of translation.

Question to Snark Translators: How do you keep the ambiguity of lines 9 and 10 in (snrk.de?s=9.5) Lewis Carroll's "The Hunting of the Snark"?

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Following the Delícies d'Alícia series held in 2016 and 2017 at the University of Barcelona, ​​dedicated to "Alice" and the "Jabberwocky," comes the third edition, celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of "The Hunting of the Snark."

Snark Staring Mad Forthcoming in Law and Literature 37 Pages Posted: 27 Aug 2025 Elijah Z. Granet affiliation not provided to SSRN Date Written: July 01, 2025 Abstract Lewis Carroll's poem "The Barrister's Fit", contained in The Hunting of the Snark (1876), consists of nonsense and absurdity applied to the lens of the law. Yet, examining the real law, both in Carroll's time and after, reveals that absurdity and nonsense are essential components of the Anglo-American legal system. Thus, this Article shows, through the lens of Carroll's dreamworld, that the most effective and accurate literary satire of the legal system may be through nonsense literature, which alone captures how little sense the law makes even to those of us who practice it. This draft (the last before proofs) completed in July 2025. Please excuse any minor errors, many of which were caught in the subsequent galley proof process. Keywords: law, literature, law and literature, lewis carroll, legal studies

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