中文概要： 从弗洛伊德（理论）的精辟分析到对生活在现世、痴迷动物特征的人类所产生的沉思……刘易斯•卡罗（Lewis Carroll，也称Charles Lutwidge Dodgson）的杰出代表作《爱丽丝漫游仙境》一直备受社会各界人士的评论关注！

收录本书作者伯纳德博士（Bernard M. Patten）十余年的研究成果，书中以独一无二的方法诠释了《爱丽丝漫游仙境》。指出原书作者刘易斯•卡罗将其对逻辑、数学、游戏的热情与其对语言和荒谬故事的喜爱巧妙融合，最终成功打造出《爱丽丝漫游仙境》——内涵丰富、情节错综复杂的文学作品！作者逐章、细致地阐述了《爱丽丝漫游仙境》里的各种情节是如何把刘易斯关于数理逻辑拥有的渊博知识、对人性的认识和他清晰的创作思路体现的淋漓尽致！

正如伯纳德所示，《爱丽丝漫游仙境》不是一般带有娱乐性质的儿童读物，它比表面上看到的更显复杂且深刻，暗示出刘易斯•卡罗本人的性格特征。通过努力了解更深层次的意义，无论是儿童或成人都能从这部精彩绝伦的优秀作品中受益匪浅，从而思维更加敏捷，享受别样的阅读乐趣！

英文概要： Many commentaries have been devoted to Lewis Carroll’s masterpiece, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The interpretations range from Freudian analysis to speculations about the real-life people who may have inspired the animal characters.

In this unique approach to interpreting Alice, the fruit of ten years of research, Dr. Bernard M. Patten shows that Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, aka Lewis Carroll, fused his passion for logic, mathematics, and games with his love of words and nonsense stories to produce a multifaceted, intricately structured work of literature. Patten provides a chapter-by-chapter skeleton key to Alice, which meticulously demonstrates how its various episodes reveal Dodgson’s profound knowledge of the rules of clear thinking, informal and formal logic, symbolic logic, and human nature.

As Patten makes clear, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, far from being just an entertaining children’s book, is more complex and deeply reflective of Dodgson’s character than it may seem. By making an effort to understand its deeper layers, both children and adults may profit from this masterful tale by learning to think better and, along the way, having fun.

作者介绍： Bernard M. Patten, MD (Seabrook, TX), now retired, was formerly the chief of the Neuromuscular Disease Division, vice chairman of the Department of Neurology, and attending neurologist at the Baylor College of Medicine. He now lectures in clear thinking, mental gymnastics, logic, and neuroscience at Rice University and the Women’s Institute of Houston. Among other books, he is the author of Truth, Knowledge, or Just Plain Bull: How to Tell the Difference and Cruising on the Queen Elizabeth 2: Around the World in 91 Days.

伯纳德•M•派顿（Bernard M. Patten），医学博士，前任贝勒大学医学院神经肌肉疾病部主管、神经病学系副主席、神经科主治医师。

现已退休，并在赖斯大学和休斯顿妇女协会就清晰思考、思想训练、推理方法、神经系统科学担任讲师。

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