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L. Frank Baum's World of Oz: A Classic Series at 100 (Children's Literature Association Centennial Studies) | 
| Author: Suzanne Rahn
Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Category: Book
Buy New: $44.95
Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 546903
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 192
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.8 x 0.7
ISBN: 0810843803
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.4
EAN: 9780810843806
ASIN: 0810843803
Publication Date: July 2003
Availability: Usually ships in 1 to 4 weeks
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Product Description
Beginning with a glance back over the entire history of research and commentary on the Oz books, this work is organized in three main sections. Essays in the Origins of Oz examine Frank Baum's personal history and unlock the mystery of one of the most bizarre episodes in the Oz books. The World of Oz looks at three very different aspects of Baum's world: its concept of home and family, its sense of humor, and its relationship to its young readers. Oz on Screen features both the silent films Baum produced himself and MGM's classic movie The Wizard of Oz.
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Oz gets full scholarly approach March 17, 2004
F. Orion Pozo (Raleigh, NC USA)
This collection of nine essays published by the Childrenys Literature Association takes a scholarly approach to L. Frank Baumys popular childrenys books and the 1939 MGM movie. Written primarily by college and university professors in English, Literature, History, and Film, these well-written and insightful articles provide detailed analysis of the Oz phenomena in American culture. The book divides the essays into three sections: Origins of Oz; The World of Oz; and, Oz On Stage And Screen. There is also an Introductory review article which looks back on the first one hundred years of Oz criticism called yAnalyzing Oz: The First Hundred Years.y The essays look at Baumys frontier days in South Dakota, the origins of his vegetable characters, the meanings of home and humor in Baumys works, different schools of Ozian criticism, Fred Stoneys portrayal of the Scarecrow, Baum as the first filmaker of Oz, and Dorothy as a cultural icon. The text is illustrated with black and white drawings and pictures and each essay has a bibliography of sources. Reading criticism of Baum and Oz is no where near as much fun as reading the original works themselves. But after you have read Baumys writings, it is useful to see how historians and academics view the cultural phenomenon that is Oz.
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