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Oz and Beyond: The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum
From: Journal of American Culture
Date: 19980701
Author:Tuerk, Richard
Oz and Beyond: The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum. Michael 0. Riley. Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas, 1997.
In Oz and Beyond: The Fantasy World of L. Frank Baum, Michael 0. Riley investigates the worlds Baum creates in his works of fantasy and shows that Baum gradually weaves his fantasy worlds together until they all become related to the Land of Oz. Riley also demonstrates how Baum's conception of Oz itself changes from the earlier books (in which it is relatively small and acts of magic rarely occur) to his later books (in which it is much larger, with many unexplored nooks and ...
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