César F. Más Sánchez is a PhD researcher at the English Department of the University of Alicante. His project—No, One Mourns the Wicked: Contemporary Retellings of the Fairy-Tale Witch in Gregory Maguire's Oz Fiction—is funded by the Research and Knowledge Transfer Office of the University of Alicante (UAFPU22-13). He holds a BA in English Studies (2019) and an MA in Literary Studies (2020) from this institution. In addition, he has completed a three-month academic visit at the Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction. His academic interests centre on fairy-tale retellings, the Oz and Disney universes, and the figure of the villainess—particularly the witch—in popular culture. His published work focuses on Disney’s contemporary live-action remakes and the portrayal of its wicked women.
