Street-land

Street-land
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 356
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:$B265890
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis Street-land by : Philip Davis

The Wonderful World of Oz

The Wonderful World of Oz
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 436
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ISBN-10 : 0141180854
ISBN-13 : 9780141180854
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wonderful World of Oz by : L. Frank Baum

This fully annotated volume collects three of Baum's fourteen Oz novels in which he developed his utopian vision and which garnered an immense and loyal following. The Wizard of Oz (1900) introduces Dorothy, who arrives from Kansas and meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and a host of other characters. The Emerald City of Oz (1910) finds Dorothy, Aunt Em, and Uncle Henry coming to Oz just as the wicked Nome King is plotting to conquer its people. In Baum's final novel, Glinda of Oz (1920), Dorothy and Princess Ozma try to prevent a battle between the Skeezers and the Flatheads. Tapping into a deeply rooted desire in himself and his loyal readers to live in a peaceful country which values the sharing of talents and gifts, Baum's imaginative creation, like all great utopian literature, holds out the possibility for change. Also included is a selection of the original illustrations by W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

The Night Is Large

The Night Is Large
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Publisher : Macmillan
Total Pages : 618
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ISBN-10 : 0312169493
ISBN-13 : 9780312169497
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis The Night Is Large by : Martin Gardner

The definitive work of Martin Gardner's brilliant, seven-decades-long career, "The Night Is Large" collects 54 of the most significant essays by this popular writer best known for his "Mathematical Games" columns which appeared in "Scientific American" magazine for more than 25 years.

Building Imaginary Worlds

Building Imaginary Worlds
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 435
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ISBN-10 : 9781136220807
ISBN-13 : 1136220801
Rating : 4/5 (07 Downloads)

Synopsis Building Imaginary Worlds by : Mark J.P. Wolf

Mark J.P. Wolf’s study of imaginary worlds theorizes world-building within and across media, including literature, comics, film, radio, television, board games, video games, the Internet, and more. Building Imaginary Worlds departs from prior approaches to imaginary worlds that focused mainly on narrative, medium, or genre, and instead considers imaginary worlds as dynamic entities in and of themselves. Wolf argues that imaginary worlds—which are often transnarrative, transmedial, and transauthorial in nature—are compelling objects of inquiry for Media Studies. Chapters touch on: a theoretical analysis of how world-building extends beyond storytelling, the engagement of the audience, and the way worlds are conceptualized and experienced a history of imaginary worlds that follows their development over three millennia from the fictional islands of Homer’s Odyssey to the present internarrative theory examining how narratives set in the same world can interact and relate to one another an examination of transmedial growth and adaptation, and what happens when worlds make the jump between media an analysis of the transauthorial nature of imaginary worlds, the resulting concentric circles of authorship, and related topics of canonicity, participatory worlds, and subcreation’s relationship with divine Creation Building Imaginary Worlds also provides the scholar of imaginary worlds with a glossary of terms and a detailed timeline that spans three millennia and more than 1,400 imaginary worlds, listing their names, creators, and the works in which they first appeared.

The Publishers Weekly

The Publishers Weekly
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 1394
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B4172269
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

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The Wizard of Oz and Who He Was

The Wizard of Oz and Who He Was
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Publisher : MSU Press
Total Pages : 200
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780870139178
ISBN-13 : 0870139177
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wizard of Oz and Who He Was by : Martin Gardner

When Russel B. Nye and Martin Gardner teamed up to bring out a new edition of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, theirs was the first critical analysis of L. Frank Baum American classic. The book opens with an essay by Nye, entitled "An Appreciation," which is an overview of Baum's creative and imaginative genius. Nye explores the reasons why earlier critics virtually ignored the Oz stories. Gardner, in his essay, "The Royal Historian of Oz," presents a brief biographical sketch, revealing little-known facts about this prolific writer. The volume also contains the complete, original text of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz, along with many original illustrations by artist W. W. Denslow.

The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz
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Publisher : Penguin Group
Total Pages : 497
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780143138686
ISBN-13 : 0143138685
Rating : 4/5 (86 Downloads)

Synopsis The Wizard of Oz by : L. Frank Baum

A collectible hardcover edition of L. Frank Baum's classic to celebrate the forthcoming film adaptation of Wicked starring Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande, Michelle Yeoh, Jeff Goldblum, and Jonathan Bailey, and directed by Jon M. Chu A Penguin Hardcover Classic This fully annotated volume collects three of Baum's fourteen Oz novels in which he developed his utopian vision and which garnered an immense and loyal following. The Wizard of Oz (1900) introduces Dorothy, who arrives from Kansas and meets the Scarecrow, the Tin Woodman, the Cowardly Lion, and a host of other characters. The Emerald City of Oz (1910) finds Dorothy, Aunt Em, and Uncle Henry coming to Oz just as the wicked Nome King is plotting to conquer its people. In Baum's final novel, Glinda of Oz (1920), Dorothy and Princess Ozma try to prevent a battle between the Skeezers and the Flatheads. Tapping into a deeply rooted desire in himself and his loyal readers to live in a peaceful country which values the sharing of talents and gifts, Baum's imaginative creation, like all great utopian literature, holds out the possibility for change. Baum's classics spawned many adaptations, including the 1939 Judy Garland-starring classic film The Wizard of Oz and Gregory McGuire's novel 1995 WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITH OF THE WEST, which was adapted into the second-highest grossing Broadway musical of all time Wicked (with a film version forthcoming in 2024 starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande). Also included is a selection of the original illustrations by W. W. Denslow and John R. Neill, a jacketed hardcover, top-staining, and colored and printed endpapers.

The Cyclopædia of American Biography

The Cyclopædia of American Biography
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 910
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ISBN-10 : UOMDLP:adu1283:0010.001
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Synopsis The Cyclopædia of American Biography by : James Grant Wilson

Twentieth Century Fiction

Twentieth Century Fiction
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 788
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781349170661
ISBN-13 : 1349170666
Rating : 4/5 (61 Downloads)

Synopsis Twentieth Century Fiction by : George Woodcock