Publisher:
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, Jefferson
Since the publication of L. Frank Baum''s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, authors, filmmakers, and theatrical producers have been retelling and reinventing this uniquely American fairy tale. This volume examines six especially significant...
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Since the publication of L. Frank Baum''s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1900, authors, filmmakers, and theatrical producers have been retelling and reinventing this uniquely American fairy tale. This volume examines six especially significant incarnations of the story: Baum''s original novel, the MGM classic The Wizard of Oz (1939), Sidney Lumet''s African American film musical The Wiz (1978), Gregory Maguire''s novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1995), Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman''s Broadway hit Wicked: A New Musical (2003), and the SyFy Channel miniseri
Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Down the Yellow Brick Road; One: Reinventing American Myth; Two: Between Text and Performance; Three: Wicked and Wonderful Women; Four: Race, History, and Representation; Five: Home Sweet Home; Six: Magic and Witchcraft; Conclusion: The Never-Ending Yellow Brick Road; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index
