Editing The Hunting of the Snark (section)

=== Cultural impact ===
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[[File:Cirio columnaris, boojum tree.jpg|thumb|upright|The [[Boojum tree]] in [[Baja California]], Mexico, takes its name from the poem.{{sfn|Gardner|2006|page=35}}]]

''The Hunting of the Snark'' has seen various adaptations into musicals, opera, theatre, plays, and music,<ref name="Listing & Translations">{{cite book |author-last=Greenarce |author-first=Selwyn |orig-date=1876 |chapter=The Listing of the Snark |editor-first=Martin |editor-last=Gardner |editor-link=Martin Gardner |year=2006 |title=The Annotated Hunting of the Snark |isbn=0-393-06242-2 |publisher=W. W. Norton |edition= Definitive |pages=117–147}}</ref> including a piece for trombone by Norwegian composer [[Arne Nordheim]] (1975)<ref>{{cite web |first=Arne |last=Nordheim |title=Nordheim list of works |publisher=Arnenordheim.com |url=http://www.arnenordheim.com/list.htm |access-date=7 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207061314/http://www.arnenordheim.com/list.htm |archive-date=7 February 2012 }}</ref> a jazz rendition (2009),<ref>{{cite web |title=NYNDK {{pipe}} The Hunting of the Snark |publisher=All About Jazz |date=13 December 2009 |url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/php/article.php?id=34946 |access-date=7 January 2012}}</ref> and (in French translation{{snd}}''La chasse au Snark'') with music by [[Michel Puig]] for five actresses, eight actors and an instrumental ensemble of five players, premiered at the [[Festival d'Avignon]] in 1971.<ref>{{cite web |title=La Chasse au Snark |website=[[Centre de documentation de la musique contemporaine]] |url=http://catalogue.cdmc.asso.fr/EXPLOITATION/doc/ALOES/0041390/chasse-au-snark-la |access-date=6 May 2018}}</ref> The poem was turned into a £2&nbsp;million budget West End musical ''[[The Hunting of the Snark (musical)|The Hunting of the Snark]]'' by Mike Batt. In 2023 a film was released by Simon Davison.<ref>Internet Movie Database: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22171734/</ref><ref name="TheSnarkologistV001F005">{{cite periodical |last=DaVison |first=Simon |date=April 2023 |title=The Hunting of the Snark: a New Film Adaption |periodical=The Snarkologist |volume=1, Fit 5 |pages= 34–35 |issn=2564-0011 |url=https://snarkology.net/journal/v1f5/}}</ref>

The poem has inspired literature, such as Jack London's ''[[The Cruise of the Snark]]'' (1911),<ref name="Listing & Translations"/> the [[science-fiction]] short story "Chaos, Coordinated" (1947) by [[John MacDougal]],{{sfn|Gardner|2006|page=16}} [[Elspeth Huxley]]'s ''With Forks and Hope'' (1964){{sfn|Gardner|2006|page=42}} and the title of [[Kate Wilhelm]]'s novella "With Thimbles, with Forks and Hope."<ref>{{cite book |last=Wilhelm |first=Kate |year=1984 |title=Listen, listen |publisher=Berkley Books |location=New York, NY |isbn=0-425-07327-0 |oclc=11638445}}</ref> American author [[Edith Wharton]] (1862–1937) was fond of the poem as a child.{{sfn|Gardner|2006|page=16}}

Additionally, it has also been alluded to in

* fiction, such as ''[[Perelandra]]'' (1943) by [[C. S. Lewis]];<ref>{{cite book |last=Lewis |first=C.S. |author-link=C. S. Lewis |year=1943 |title=Perelandra |title-link=Perelandra |series=Cosmic Trilogy |publisher=[[The Bodley Head]] |location=London, UK |page=14}}</ref> and ''[[Stand on Zanzibar]]'' by [[John Brunner (novelist)|John Brunner]]; in the sci-fi novel ''[[Startide Rising]]'' (1983) and its sequels the spaceship ''Streaker'' is described as a Snarkhunter-class exploration vessel. [[In the Ocean of Night]] [[Benford]] it is rather prominent. In the 1966 short story "Jonah" ("Jonas" in French) by [[Gérard Klein]], "snark" is a term used for [[bioship]]s that go berserk.
* television, such as "[[List of Lewis episodes#Series 6: 2012|The Soul of Genius]]" episode of the British TV crime drama ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]''<ref>{{cite web |last=Lacob |first=Jace |date=5 July 2012 |title='Inspector Lewis' on PBS's 'Masterpiece Mystery': TV's Smartest Sleuths |website=[[The Daily Beast]] |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/07/05/inspector-lewis-on-pbs-masterpiece-mystery-tv-s-smartest-sleuths.html |access-date=9 July 2012}}</ref>
* court rulings, such as in [[Parhat v. Gates]] (2008)<ref name=CnnSnark2008-06-08>

{{cite news
| url         = http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/30/court.poem/
| title       = Court cites nonsense poem in ruling for Gitmo detainee
| publisher   = [[CNN]]
| author      = Bill Mears
| date        = 30 June 2008
| access-date  = 22 August 2012
| archive-date = 4 November 2012
| archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20121104110037/http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/06/30/court.poem/
| url-status = live
| quote       = A federal appeals court has slammed the reliability of U.S. government intelligence documents, saying just because officials keep repeating their assertions does not make them true.
}}
</ref>

* a [[Boojum (superfluidity)|phenomenon in superfluidity]]<ref>{{cite book |first=N. David |last=Mermin |year=1990 |title=Boojums all the way through: Communicating science in a prosaic age |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=0-521-38880-5 |page=xii |url=https://archive.org/details/boojumsallwaythr0000merm |url-access=registration}}</ref>
* [[Snark (graph theory)|graph theory]], by the recreational mathematician [[Martin Gardner]]<ref>{{cite magazine |author-link=Martin Gardner |first=Martin |last=Gardner|year=1976 |title=Mathematical Games |title-link=Mathematical Games |magazine=[[Scientific American]] |issue=234 |volume=4 |pages=126–130 |doi=10.1038/scientificamerican0476-126 |bibcode=1976SciAm.234d.126G}}</ref>
* hydrology,<ref>{{cite journal

| last1      = Andréassian
| first1     = Vazken
| last2      = Le Moine
| first2     = Nicolas
| last3      = Mathevet
| first3     = Thibault
| last4      = Lerat
| first4     = Julien
| last5      = Berthet
| first5     = Lionel
| last6      = Perrin
| first6     = Charles
| year       = 2009
| title      = The hunting of the hydrological snark
| journal    = Hydrological Processes
| volume     = 23
| issue      = 4
| pages      = 651–654
| doi        = 10.1002/hyp.7217
| bibcode = 2009HyPr...23..651A
| s2cid = 128947665
}}</ref> with a group of French hydrologists publishing in a well-known scientific journal a prose analogue to Carroll's poem, mocking the rivalries existing in the academic community

* geography, a Snark Island and Boojum Rock exist in the [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]] in the [[Bay of Bengal]]
* botany, the [[Boojum tree]] in [[Baja California]], Mexico{{sfn|Gardner|2006|page=35}}  {{sfn|Gardner|2006|page=xxv}}
* [[Anime|Japanese animation]], such as ''[[Ghost Hound]]'' (2007–08)<ref>{{cite episode |title=[[List of Ghost Hound episodes#Episode list|For the Snark was a Boojum, you see]] |series=Ghost Hound |series-link=Ghost Hound |network=[[WOWOW]]| date=2008 |season=1 |number=13 |lang=ja}}</ref>
* video games, such as ''[[Half-Life (video game)|Half-Life]]'' (1998)<ref>{{cite web |title=Half-Life enemies |publisher=[[IGN Entertainment]] |work=[[GameSpy]] |url=http://planethalflife.gamespy.com/View.php?view=HLGameInfo.Detail&id=7&game=4 |access-date=11 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410063004/http://planethalflife.gamespy.com/View.php?view=HLGameInfo.Detail&id=7&game=4 |archive-date=10 April 2010 }}</ref> and ''[[American McGee's Alice]]'' (2000)<ref>{{cite web |title=Enemies |series=Gameinfo |work=Down the Rabbit Hole |publisher=Gamespy |url=http://alice.planets.gamespy.com/info/enemies.shtml |access-date=2 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090406132610/http://alice.planets.gamespy.com/info/enemies.shtml |archive-date=6 April 2009}}</ref>
* A song, "[[Nine Funerals of the Citizen King]]", by [[Henry Cow]].<ref name=Masters>{{cite book |first=Marc |last=Masters |year=2007 |title=No Wave |publisher=Black Dog |page=334  |isbn=978-1-906155-02-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mvs4AQAAIAAJ}}</ref>