manderso@sdcsvax.UUCP (Mark Anderson) (03/06/86)
Here is a short sample from Henry Littlefield's "The Wizard of Oz: Parable on Populism", American Quarterly spring 1964 pp. 47. Dorothy == Miss Everyman levelhead, human, and has a real problem, she is one of us Wicked Witch of the East == evil Eastern Industrial influences The Tin Woodman == Hard working laboror He was dehumanized and became a kind of machine The Scarecrow == The midwestern farmer displays a sense of inferiority and self doubt, but is innately a very shrewd and very capable individual. The Lion == William Jennings Bryan Tried hard to win vote of Eastern Labor but unsuccessful as lion's attack on tin woodman Emerald City == Nation's Capital (Wizard == President) Wicked Witch of the West == Malign nature Winged Monkeys == plains Indians
ph@wucec2.UUCP (03/10/86)
In article <1516@sdcsvax.UUCP> manderso@sdcsvax.UUCP (Mark Anderson) writes: >Here is a short sample from Henry Littlefield's "The Wizard of >Oz: Parable on Populism", American Quarterly spring 1964 pp. 47. > [list of parallels omitted] Fine. Now extend the allegory to the other 41 books in the series. I would say that this is another case of looking so hard for something that you find it where it isn't. --pH /* * "That's true. But some people who don't have brains do an * awful lot of talking, don't they?" */