{"product_id":"the-characters-of-oz-9781476687971","title":"The Characters of Oz","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   When L. Frank Baum wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz\u003c\/i\u003e, he created an American myth that has endured the test of time. Echoes of Dorothy and her friends are everywhere: popular television shows often have an Oz episode, novelists borrow character types and echo familiar scenes, and every media--from Broadway to The Muppets--has some variation or continuation of Baum''s work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   This collection of essays follows Baum''s archetypal characters as they''ve changed over time in order to examine what those changes mean in relation to Oz, American culture and basic human truths. Essays also serve as a bridge between academia and fandom, with contributors representing a cross-section of Oz scholarship from backgrounds including The International Wizard of Oz Club and the Children''s Literature Association.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDina Schiff Massachi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDorothy and the Heroine's Quest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMark I. West\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBut First, There Was a Scarecrow…\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKatharine Kittredge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHeart Over Head: Evolving Views on Male Emotional Intelligence and the Tin Woodman\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDina Schiff Massachi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe ­­Proto-Sissy, the Sissy, and Macho Men: The Cowardly Lion in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, the MGM The Wizard of Oz, and Dark Oz Stories\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDee Michel and James Satter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Good Man but a Bad Wizard? The Shifting Moral Character of the Wizard of\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJ.L. Bell\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWitches, Wicked and Otherwise\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert B. Luehrs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWitch's Familiars or Winged Warriors? Liberating the Winged Monkeys\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDina Schiff Massachi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlinda and Gender Performativity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWalter Squire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOzma, Sorceresses, and Suffrage: Women, Power, and Politics in L. Frank Baum's Land of\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMary Lenard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Living Thing: The Very American Invention of Jack Pumpkinhead\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaige Gray\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrading Knitting Needles for Pistols: The Feminist, Violent, and Sexual Evolution of General Jinjur\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShannon Murphy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Nome King\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAngelica Shirley Carpenter\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePiecing Together the Patchwork Girl of\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGita Dorothy Morena\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAfterword: Frank and His Imagination\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert Baum\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography: Further Oz Readings, Fiction and Nonfiction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDina Schiff Massachi\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout the Contributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49530693026135,"sku":"9781476687971","price":39.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476687971.jpg?v=1731880188","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-characters-of-oz-9781476687971","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}