Author Archives: Marco Graziosi

Per chi vota il Mago di Oz

Posted on December 22, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Per chi vota il Mago di Oz Ma ci sono altre interpretazione nella lunga storia degli studi su Oz. Una � arrivata in Italia sulle pagine di �Ideazione�, il pensatoio del centro destra, che ha rievocato il centenario nel numero … Continue reading →

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Annotated Alice: the definitive edition

Posted on December 22, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

The Annotated Alice: the definitive edition Lewis Carroll, with an introduction by Martin Gardner Allen Lane, The Penguin PressThe problem is that Gardner’s own analysis of Carroll proceeds via a false syllogism (a misapplication of logic that doubtless his subject … Continue reading →

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The Wizard of Oz: An American Fairytale

Posted on December 17, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

The Wizard of Oz: An American Fairytale A Library of Congress Exhibition.

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Vivien Noakes, Writer and Lecturer

Posted on December 15, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Vivien Noakes, Writer and Lecturer Welcome to the Home Page of Vivien Noakes.

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O'Donnell to Don Cat's Hat

Posted on December 14, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Casting Herself as ‘Seussical’ Savior, O’Donnell to Don Cat’s HatThrowing her considerable box-office muscle behind the critically maligned musical “Seussical,” Rosie O’Donnell, Broadway’s biggest booster, announced yesterday that she would take over a leading role in the show next month. … Continue reading →

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Braccelli: Bizzarie di Varie Figure

Posted on December 13, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Braccelli: Bizzarie di Varie Figure The Bizzarie (Livorno, 1624) can rightly lay claim to being a prime exemplar of the artistic enigma � a work truly without precedent or explanation beside itself. Its sensuous imagery, occupying a dreamlike space between … Continue reading →

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My soul is a strange factory

Posted on December 13, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

My soul is a strange factory TRY this. Your first sentence is “Time is money” and your last sentence is “Thyme is funny”. Write the story – long or short – that joins the two. Be imaginative, but please stick … Continue reading →

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Bell: Monograph of the Testudinata

Posted on December 13, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Bell: Monograph of the Testudinata Thomas Bell’s A Monograph of the Testudinata is one of the great reptile books, containing the finest series of colored plates of turtles ever published. A dental surgeon and professor of zoology, Bell was also … Continue reading →

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Gory stories for tiny tots

Posted on December 2, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

Gory stories for tiny tots “Many of Edward Gorey’s most fervent devotees think he must be both a) English and b) dead,” reads the biographical note on one of his darkly illustrated tales of hapless babies, consumptive waifs and sexually … Continue reading →

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The Oddness of Oz

Posted on December 1, 2000 by Marco Graziosi

ALISON LURIE: The Oddness of OzThe year 2000 is the centenary of a famous and much-loved but essentially very odd children’s classic: L. Frank Baum’s The Wizard of Oz. Those who recall the story only from childhood reading, or from … Continue reading →

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