Oz behind the Iron Curtain : Aleksandr Volkov and his Magic land series / Erika Haber.

"In 1939, Aleksandr Volkov (1891-1977) published Wizard of the Emerald City, a revised version of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Only a line on the copyright page explained the book as a "reworking" of the American story. Readers credited Volkov as author rather than translator. Volkov,...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Children's Literature Association series.
Main Author: Haber, Erika (Author)
Language:English
Published: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2017]
Series:Children's Literature Association series.
Subjects:
Volkov, Aleksandr, > 1886-1957 > Criticism and interpretation.
Baum, L. Frank > (Lyman Frank), > 1856-1919 > Influence.
Baum, L. Frank > (Lyman Frank), > 1856-1919. > Wizard of Oz.
Baum, L. Frank > (Lyman Frank), > 1856-1919 > Adaptations.
Baum, L. Frank > (Lyman Frank), > 1856-1919.
Volkov, Aleksandr, > 1886-1957.
Wizard of Oz (Baum, L. Frank)
Children's literature, Russian > 20th century > History and criticism.
Children's stories, Russian > History and criticism.
Fantasy fiction, Russian > History and criticism.
Literature and society > Russia > History.
Children's literature, Russian.
Children's stories, Russian.
Fantasy fiction, Russian.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Literature and society.
Russia.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Children's Literature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Russian & Former Soviet Union.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.
HISTORY > Social History.
1900-1999
Adaptations.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Genre:
Adaptations.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Physical Description:xvii, 259 pages ; 24 cm.
Variant Title:
Aleksandr Volkov and his Magic land series
Format: Book
Contents:
  • A note on transliteration and translation
  • Preface: a story of coincidences
  • Introduction: the appeal of the wizard and the importance of context
  • The unknown historian of Oz
  • Volkov, the invisible writer
  • Fairy tales and the development of childrens literature
  • Baum's Oz
  • Oz becomes magic land
  • Magic land reception at home and abroad
  • Conclusion: Oz and magic land today.