The Historian's Wizard of Oz
Reading L. Frank Baum's Classic as a Political and Monetary Allegory
The Historian's Wizard of Oz synthesizes four decades of scholarly interpretations of L. Frank Baum's classic children's novel as an allegory of the Gilded Age political economy and a comment on the gold standard. The heart of the book is an annotated version of The Wizard of Oz that highlights the possible political and monetary symbolism in the book by relating characters, settings, and incidents in it to the historical events and figures of the 1890s, the decade in which Baum wrote his story. Dighe simultaneously values the leading political interpretations of Oz as useful and creative teaching tools, and consolidates them in a sympathetic…
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- ISBN: 978-0-275-97419-0
- EAN: 9780275974190
- Produktnummer: 25404491
- Verlag: Praeger Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
- Seitenangabe: 180 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D0.9 cm 270 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 270
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