The Hunting of the Snark

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The Hunting of the Snark is a nonsensical narrative poem by Lewis Carroll that follows a crew of eccentric characters on a surreal and ultimately futile quest to hunt a mysterious creature called the Snark.

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instanceOf English poem
narrative poem
nonsense literature
author Lewis Carroll
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter the Baker
the Banker
the Barrister
the Beaver
Bellman
surface form: the Bellman

the Billiard-marker
the Boots
the Broker
the Butcher
featuresCreature the Boojum
the Snark
firstEditionFormat book
genre comic verse
nonsense poetry
hasAdaptation illustrated editions
musical adaptations
radio adaptations
stage adaptations
hasIllustrator Henry Holiday
illustratedBy Henry Holiday
influenced later nonsense poetry
language English
literaryMovement Victorian literature
mainQuest hunt the Snark
meter anapestic meter
narrativePerspective third-person narrator
notableLine For the Snark was a Boojum, you see.
numberOfParts 8
originalTitle The Hunting of the Snark self-link
publicationDate 1876
publisher Macmillan and Co.
relatedWork Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
surface form: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Through the Looking-Glass
setIn imaginary seascape
sharesUniverseWith Jabberwocky
structure eight fits
subtitle An Agony in Eight Fits
targetAudience adults
children
theme absurdity
ambiguity of meaning
failure and futility
meaninglessness of quests
writtenBy Lewis Carroll

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Lewis Carroll notableWork The Hunting of the Snark
The Hunting of the Snark originalTitle The Hunting of the Snark self-link