Hugues Lebailly is a French academic and Senior Lecturer in English Cultural Studies at the

Sorbonne Sorbonne may refer to: * Sorbonne (building), historic building in Paris, which housed the University of Paris and is now shared among multiple universities. *the University of Paris (c. 1150 – 1970) *one of its components or linked institution, ...

. He is known for his work on nineteenth-century English literature, particularly his studies of

Lewis Carroll Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet and mathematician. His most notable works are ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' (1865) and its sequel ...

which, in combination with the work of

Karoline Leach Karoline Leach (born 20 July 1967) is a British playwright and author, best known for her book '' In the Shadow of the Dreamchild'' (), which re-examines the life of Lewis Carroll (pseudonym of Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), the author of ''Alice's ...

and others, have begun a reassessment of Carroll's life and personality. His work on Carroll's place within what he has termed the "Victorian Child-Cult" has helped shape a new understanding of the man's sexuality and his artistry. His publications include: *'Dr Dodgson et Mr Carroll: de la caricature au portrait.' ('Dr. Dodgson and Mr. Carroll: from Caricature to Portrait.') ''Cahiers Victoriens et Edouardiens'' n° 43, April 1996, Presses Universitaires de Montpellier. *'The Powerful and the Sweet:dialectique du masculin et du féminin dans la critique d'art victorienne'. ('The Dialectics of Masculinity and Femininity in Victorian Art Criticism.') ''Masculin/Féminin, Littératures et cultures anglo-saxonnes'', proceedings of the 38th Congress of the S.A.E.S. Presses Universitaires de Rennes, May 1999 (pp. 151–163). *'Ordering disorder: la fonction normative de la critique d'art victorienne.' ('Ordering Disorder: the Normative Function of Victorian Art Criticism.') ''Littérature et Ordre Social'', proceedings of the second International Congress of the University of Le Havre, headed by Jean-Paul Barbiche: Paris, l'Harmattan, 1999 (pp. 73–83). *'C. L. Dodgson and the Victorian Cult of the Child', ''The Carrollian'', The Lewis Carroll Journal n° 4, autumn 1999 (pp. 3–31).
Through a Distorting Looking-Glass: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson's artistic interests as mirrored in his nieces' edited version of his diaries'

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