Canon (fiction)

The Royal Book of Oz, a canonical work in the Oz series, although written in 1921 after the death of original series writer L. Frank Baum in 1919, by another writer Ruth Plumly Thompson authorized by original publisher Reilly & Lee[1]

The canon of a work of fiction is "the body of works taking place in a particular fictional world that are widely considered to be official or authoritative; [especially] those created by the original author or developer of the world".[2] Canon is contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction and other derivative works.[3]

  1. ^ ""The Wonderful Wizard of Oz": A children's classic lives on though many editions and sequels". sites.utexas.edu. Archived from the original on 17 August 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2020.
  2. ^ "canon, n.¹, additional sense". Oxford English Dictionary. April 2023. doi:10.1093/OED/8893623977. Archived from the original on 17 August 2024. Retrieved 25 July 2023.
  3. ^ Romano, Aja (7 June 2016). "Canon, fanon, shipping and more: a glossary of the tricky terminology that makes up fan culture". Vox.com. Archived from the original on 20 March 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2023.

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