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A Tangled Tale · Theme
Playful Metafiction
How A Tangled Tale develops Playful Metafiction.
Carroll directly addresses the reader, comments on the solutions submitted by real correspondents, and includes self-referential humor, blurring the line between the fictional narrative and the book's role as a puzzle collection.
Where it surfaces
- Appendix
The appendix opens with Alice's direct address about a knot, a self-aware nod to the narrative's own complexities.