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

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Haber, Erika, author.

Series:

• Children's Literature Association series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• 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).
• Adaptations.
• Children's literature, Russian--20th century--History and criticism.
• Children's stories, Russian--History and criticism.
• Fantasy fiction, Russian--History and criticism.
• Fantasy fiction, Russian.
• Literature and society--Russia--History.
• Children's literature, Russian.
• Children's stories, Russian.
• Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.).
• Literature and society.
• History.
• Criticism and interpretation.
• Russia.

Genre:

• Adaptations.
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• History.

Physical Description:

xvii, 259 pages ; 24 cm.

Other Title:

Aleksandr Volkov and his Magic land series

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2017]

Summary:

"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, an unknown and inexperienced author before World War II, tried to break into the politically charged field of Soviet children's literature with an American fairy tale. During the height of Stalin's purges, Volkov adapted and published this fairy tale in the Soviet Union despite enormous, sometimes deadly, obstacles. Marketed as Volkov's original work, Wizard of the Emerald City spawned a series that was translated into more than a dozen languages and became a staple of Soviet popular culture, not unlike Baum's fourteen-volume Oz series in the United States. Volkov's books inspired a television series, plays, films, musicals, animated cartoons, and a museum. Today, children's authors and fans continue to add volumes to the Magic Land series. Several generations of Soviet Russian and Eastern European children grew up with Volkov's writings, yet know little about the author and even less about his American source, L. Frank Baum. Most Americans have never heard of Volkov and know nothing of his impact in the Soviet Union, and those who do know of him regard his efforts as plagiarism. Erika Haber demonstrates how the works of both Baum and Volkov evolved from being popular children's literature and became compelling and enduring cultural icons in both the US and USSR/Russia, despite being dismissed and ignored by critics, scholars, and librarians for many years. " -- Provided by publisher.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-240) and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Haber, Erika, author, Oz behind the Iron Curtain.

ISBN:

• 9781496813602
• 149681360X

OCLC:

983564423