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L. Frank Baum (1856–1919)

Autore di Il mago di Oz

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Best known as the author of the Wizard of Oz series, Lyman Frank Baum was born on May 15, 1856, in New York. When Baum was a young man, his father, who had made a fortune in oil, gave him several theaters in New York and Pennsylvania to manage. Eventually, Baum had his first taste of success as a mostra altro writer when he staged The Maid of Arran, a melodrama he had written and scored. Married in 1882 to Maud Gage, whose mother was an influential suffragette, the two had four sons. Baum often entertained his children with nursery rhymes and in 1897 published a compilation titled Mother Goose in Prose, which was illustrated by Maxfield Parrish. The project was followed by three other picture books of rhymes, illustrated by William Wallace Denslow. The success of the nursery rhymes persuaded Baum to craft a novel out of one of the stories, which he titled The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Some critics have suggested that Baum modeled the character of the Wizard on himself. Other books for children followed the original Oz book, and Baum continued to produce the popular Oz books until his death in 1919. The series was so popular that after Baum's death and by special arrangement, Oz books continued to be written for the series by other authors. Glinda of Oz, the last Oz book that Baum wrote, was published in 1920. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: copyright 1908 (LoC Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-103205)

Serie

Opere di L. Frank Baum

Il mago di Oz (1900) 21,912 copie
Il meraviglioso Paese di Oz (1904) 3,508 copie
Ozma of Oz (1907) 3,106 copie
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (1908) 2,514 copie
The Road to Oz (1909) 2,205 copie
The Emerald City of Oz (1910) 2,113 copie
The Patchwork Girl of Oz (1913) 1,648 copie
Tik-Tok of Oz (1914) 1,513 copie
The Lost Princess of Oz (1917) 1,378 copie
Glinda of Oz (1920) 1,320 copie
The Scarecrow of Oz (1915) 1,310 copie
The Magic of Oz (1919) 1,287 copie
Rinkitink in Oz (1916) 1,239 copie
The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918) 1,214 copie
The Annotated Wizard of Oz (1900) — Autore — 999 copie
The Wizard of Oz: The Classic Edition (1900) — Autore — 409 copie
American Fairy Tales (1901) 343 copie
Little Wizard Stories of Oz (1914) 327 copie
Queen Zixi of Ix (1905) 289 copie
The Magical Monarch of Mo (1896) 278 copie
Sky Island (1912) 243 copie
The Oz Chronicles, Volume 1 (1900) — Autore — 178 copie
Mother Goose in Prose (1897) 144 copie
The Wizard of Ox {Weekly Reader Edition} (1983) — Autore — 141 copie
The Oz Chronicles, Volume 2 (1914) — Autore — 132 copie
The Enchanted Island of Yew (1903) 128 copie
The Master Key (1901) 121 copie
100 Eternal Masterpieces of Literature - volume 2 (2020) — Collaboratore — 71 copie
John Dough and the Cherub (1906) 69 copie
The Woggle-Bug Book (1905) 65 copie
Dot and Tot of Merryland (1901) 56 copie
Aunt Jane's Nieces (1906) 51 copie
Aunt Jane's Nieces Abroad (1906) 44 copie
Aunt Jane's Nieces at Millville (1908) — Pseudonym — 38 copie
The Visitors from Oz (1960) 35 copie
The Wizard of Oz (1950) 35 copie
The Enchanted Buffalo (2010) 31 copie
Magus mirabilis in Oz (1987) 22 copie
The Wizard of Oz and Who He Was (1957) — Autore — 21 copie
Mary Louise (2005) 21 copie
Wizard of Oz Waddle Book (1899) 19 copie
The Wizard of Oz (2016) 17 copie
Policeman Bluejay (1981) — Pseudonym, alcune edizioni17 copie
Father Goose: His Book (1643) 16 copie
The Discontented Gospher (1905) 16 copie
The Wizard of Oz [1925 film] (1925) — Screenwriter/ Original book — 16 copie
The Twinkle Tales (2005) 15 copie
The Wizard of Oz (Classic Pop Ups) (2010) — Autore — 15 copie
The Complete Oz: Volume 2 (2008) 14 copie
Our Landlady (1996) 14 copie
Animal Fairy Tales (1969) 12 copie
The Wizard of Oz: Based on the Original Story (2014) — Autore — 11 copie
The Witches of Oz [2011 Television Mini-Series] (2011) — Creator — 10 copie
Der Zauberer von Oz (1994) 9 copie
The Flying Girl (1911) 9 copie
The Last Egyptian (1908) 8 copie
Works Of L. Frank Baum (2008) 6 copie
The Fate of a Crown (2009) 5 copie
Prairie-Dog Town (1906) 4 copie
MAGO DE OZ, EL (2012) 4 copie
The Wizard of Oz Pop-up (1939) — Autore — 4 copie
Mother Goose Stories (2017) 3 copie
The Wiz Book (1978) 3 copie
I libri di Oz (2017) 3 copie
The Queen of Quok (1901) 3 copie
The Wizard of OZ Omnibus (2015) 3 copie
Sugar-Loaf Mountain (1906) 2 copie
Oz Büyücüsü (2017) 2 copie
The Magic Cloak [1914 film] — Screenwriter — 2 copie
Muhteşem Oz Diyarı (2022) 2 copie
Le magicien d'Oz (2012) 2 copie
At the castle of Oz (1998) 2 copie
Twinkle's Enchantment (2017) 2 copie
Il mago di Oz (2007) 2 copie
The Santa Claus Stories (2020) 2 copie
Tik-Tok of Oz Annotated (2020) 2 copie
The Pop-Up Wizard of Oz (1982) 2 copie
The Daring Twins (2016) 2 copie
The Story of Santa Claus (1987) 2 copie
The Oz Audio Collection (1994) 2 copie
King Rinkitink (2017) 2 copie
The Glass Dog (2006) 2 copie
Il mago di OZ 1 copia
Der Zauberer von Oz (1999) 1 copia
Mr. Woodchuck 1 copia
Prince Mud-Turtle (1906) 1 copia
The Oz Sound-Book (1990) 1 copia
Santa Claus Stories (2012) 1 copia
Mutiny In The Land Of Oz (2012) 1 copia
Il mago di oz (2014) 1 copia
Oz, a nagy varázsló (2007) 1 copia
Glinda of Oz Annotated (2021) 1 copia
MAGO DE OZ,EL 1 copia
Christmas Tales (2016) 1 copia
The Cat and the Fiddle (2015) 1 copia
Magical World of Oz (1989) 1 copia
The Complete Oz Collection — Autore — 1 copia
Dorothy ja võlur Ozis (2001) 1 copia
Tiktok of Oz (2015) 1 copia
Father Goose's Year Book (1907) 1 copia
The Lucid Land Of Oz (2017) 1 copia
Ozma di Oz 1 copia
Il mago di Oz (2018) 1 copia

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Il mago di Oz [1939 film] (1939) — Original story — 1,359 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (2009) — Collaboratore — 629 copie
Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy (2003) — Collaboratore — 610 copie
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (1993) — Collaboratore — 370 copie
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder (1989) — Collaboratore — 329 copie
Fantasy Stories (1994) — Collaboratore — 323 copie
Knights of Madness: Further Comic Tales of Fantasy (1998) — Collaboratore — 298 copie
Oz the Great and Powerful [2013 film] (2013) — Autore — 294 copie
Witches & Warlocks: Tales of Black Magic, Old & New (1991) — Collaboratore — 284 copie
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment (1988) — Collaboratore — 260 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Marvelous Land of Oz (2010) — Collaboratore — 249 copie
The Golden Treasury of Children's Literature Set (1961) — Collaboratore — 209 copie
Marvel Illustrated: Ozma of Oz (2011) — Collaboratore — 203 copie
A Treasury of Fantasy (1981) — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni185 copie
Tin Man [2007 TV miniseries] (2008) — Autore — 178 copie
The Big Book of Classic Fantasy (2019) — Collaboratore — 166 copie
Marvel Illustrated: Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz (2013) — Collaboratore — 158 copie
Marvel Illustrated: Road to Oz (2013) — Collaboratore — 122 copie
Haunted America: Star-Spangled Supernatural Stories (1990) — Collaboratore — 112 copie
Sea Sirens (2019) — Collaboratore — 98 copie
The Wiz [1978 film] (1978) — Original book — 97 copie
The American Fantasy Tradition (2002) — Collaboratore — 89 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Emerald City of Oz (2014) — Collaboratore — 88 copie
The Muppets' Wizard of Oz [2005 TV movie] (2005) — Original book — 71 copie
Witch Poems (1976) — Collaboratore — 63 copie
Over the Rainbow Tales of Fantasy and Imagination (1983) — Collaboratore — 62 copie
The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales (1997) — Collaboratore — 61 copie
The Wizard of Oz: The Screenplay (1989) — Original story — 58 copie
Oz Omnibus (2014) — Collaboratore — 55 copie
Best in Children's Books 40 (1960) — Collaboratore — 54 copie
The Best American Mystery Stories of the 19th Century (2014) — Collaboratore — 50 copie
Pearl S. Buck's Book of Christmas (1974) — Collaboratore — 46 copie
A Yuletide Universe: Sixteen Fantastical Tales (2003) — Collaboratore — 41 copie
Ozma of Oz: A Young Girl's Story of Courage [abridged - Chick-fil-A] (1990) — original story author — 39 copie
The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries (2021) — Collaboratore — 38 copie
El mago de Oz (1900) — Autore — 26 copie
Robots & Artificial Intelligence Short Stories (2018) — Collaboratore — 22 copie
Oz-Story, No. 1 (1995) — Creator — 18 copie
The Wizard of Oz (1982) — Autore — 17 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #1 (of 8) (2009) — Collaboratore — 17 copie
Oz-Story, No. 3 (1997) — Creator — 15 copie
Oz-Story, No. 4 (1998) — Creator — 14 copie
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus [2000 film] (2000) — Original story — 14 copie
Oz: The Complete Collection - Ozma/Dorothy & The Wizard (2020) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
Oz: The Complete Collection - Road To/Emerald City (2020) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Marvelous Land of Oz #1 (of 8) (2010) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
Adventures in the West: Stories for Young Readers (2007) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #2 (of 8) (2009) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #3 (of 8) (2009) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #4 (of 8) (2014) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #6 (of 8) (2009) — Collaboratore — 8 copie
Vintage Christmas Tales: A Holiday Anthology (2022) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Worlds of Color: Welcome to Oz Adult Coloring Book (2016) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #5 (of 8) (2009) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Tales Beyond Time: From Fantasy to Science Fiction. (1973) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #8 (of 8) (2014) — Collaboratore — 7 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz #7 (of 8) (2009) — Collaboratore — 6 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Marvelous Land of Oz #3 (of 8) (2010) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Marvelous Land of Oz #7 (of 8) (2010) — Collaboratore — 5 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Marvelous Land of Oz #5 (of 8) (2010) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz [1910 short film] (1910) — Original book — 4 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Marvelous Land of Oz #2 (of 8) (2014) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine - 1954/11 — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni4 copie
Marvel Illustrated: Road to Oz #1 (of 6) (2012) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
In Other Lands than Ours (1983) — A cura di — 3 copie
De grote tovenaar van Oz (1994) — original author — 3 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Marvelous Land of Oz #4 (of 8) (2014) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Cricket Magazine, Vol. 3, No. 10, June 1976 — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Marvelous Land of Oz #6 (of 8) (2010) — Collaboratore — 3 copie
The Land of Oz [1960 Shirley Temple Storybook TV episode] (1960) — Original story — 2 copie
Marvel Illustrated: The Marvelous Land of Oz #8 (of 8) (2014) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Marvel Illustrated: Road to Oz #2 (of 6) (2012) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Marvel Illustrated: Road to Oz #3 (of 6) (2012) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Marvel Illustrated: Road to Oz #4 (of 6) (2013) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
Marvel Illustrated: Road to Oz #5 (of 6) (2013) — Collaboratore — 2 copie
The Wizard of Oz [1990 TV series] (1990) — Original book — 2 copie
The Wizard of Oz [1933 short film] (1933) — Original book — 2 copie
The Wizard of Oz [1982 film] (1982) — Original book — 1 copia
Journey Back to Oz [1972 film] — Original book — 1 copia
The Wonderful World of Oz - Volume II — Collaboratore, alcune edizioni1 copia
The Childrens Classics Collection (6 Full Cast Audio Dramas) (2012) — Autore, alcune edizioni1 copia
Marvel Illustrated: Ozma of Oz #4 (of 8) (2011) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Marvel Illustrated: Ozma of Oz #8 (of 8) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Marvel Illustrated: Road to Oz #6 (of 6) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Marvel Illustrated: Ozma of Oz #7 (of 8) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Marvel Illustrated: Ozma of Oz #1 (of 8) (2010) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Marvel Illustrated: Ozma of Oz #2 (of 8) (2011) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Marvel Illustrated: Ozma of Oz #3 (of 8) (2011) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Marvel Illustrated: Ozma of Oz #5 (of 8) — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Marvel Illustrated: Ozma of Oz #6 (of 8) — Collaboratore — 1 copia

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Questa è la prima volta che leggo Il mago di Oz, sebbene ricordi di aver visto il film quando ero piccola. Non credo di rimpiangere di non averlo letto prima, perché in questo modo ho potuto apprezzarne la neanche tanto sottile ironia.

Davvero, l'ultima cosa che mi sarei aspettata di trovare in questo romanzo è l'ironia (chissà se c'era anche nel film? Non me lo ricordo proprio...). Eppure attraversa briosa tutto il libro, facendoci ridacchiare dello Spaventapasseri che vorrebbe un cervello ma escogita astuti trucchi per cavarsi dai guai, del Taglialegna di Latta che vorrebbe un cuore ed è sempre attento alle esigenze altrui e del Leone Codardo che vorrebbe il coraggio ma è sempre pronto a difendere Dorothy e i suoi amici.

Il mago di Oz è un romanzo da bambin* che si legge in un soffio, eppure è pieno di simbologia, una simbologia che potrebbe addirittura rimandare alla politica statunitense di fine Ottocento, oppure ci ricorda le vecchie figure fiabesche, con la Strega dell'Ovest, matrigna cattiva, e il mago di Oz, padre non proprio esemplare. Anche le ripetizioni periodiche delle richieste da portare all'attenzione del mago di Oz hanno un sapore fiabesco, ma Baum ha dato alla sua storia un taglio decisamente moderno, facendo di Dorothy una perfetta ragazzina americana, pragmatica e decisa nel suo voler tornare a casa sua, in Kansan, sebbene nel paese di Oz abbia trovato amici e molte mirabilia.

Molto bella, poi, quest'edizione Einaudi, che ripropone le illustrazioni originali di William Wallace Denslow, delle quali potete vedere un esempio sulla copertina. C'era anche l'edizione BUR Rizzoli disponibile su MLOL, ma confesso che questa copertina Einaudi, elegante ed essenziale, ha vinto a man bassa... inoltre, ha anche un'interessantissima introduzione di Carlo Pagetti e io ve la consiglio.
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Da leggere ad ogni età. Un classico.
 
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