The Secret Political Symbolism in The Wizard of Oz

[Okeefenokee]

JOURNAL ARTICLE
L. Frank Baum and the Progressive Dilemma
Fred Erisman
American Quarterly
Vol. 20, No. 3 (Autumn, 1968), pp. 616-623

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2711021?or ... b_contents

[Okeefenokee]

I do think it's interesting.

Just bustin' your balls a little over the article written by the young lady who thinks she stumbled upon a long lost secret.

[Kath]

I do think it's interesting.

Just bustin' your balls a little over the article written by the young lady who thinks she stumbled upon a long lost secret.

From her article.

But no one noticed the clear parallels to American politics in the 1890s until a historian named Henry Littlefield published an analysis of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in 1964. For decades, people had dismissed Baum's book as a fairytale for children. But in fact, it carried strong messages about the biggest problems facing America at the end of the nineteenth century.

[Okeefenokee]

The Secret Political Symbolism You Never Knew Was Hidden Within The Wizard Of Oz

[Kath]

The Secret Political Symbolism You Never Knew Was Hidden Within The Wizard Of Oz

Ok, well I never knew it, and at the time, the underlying muse for the story was a secret.

Poorly worded, but not factually incorrect.

[SilverEagle]

I do think it's interesting.

Just bustin' your balls a little over the article written by the young lady who thinks she stumbled upon a long lost secret.

Kinda is a lost secret. Most people have no clue about this.

[C-Mag]

Great stuff, been around for a long time.

Glenn Beck and his blackboard



A couple of Paul Harvey 'Rest of the Story' about Oz
https://archive.org/details/PaulHarveyT ... _of_Oz.mp3
https://archive.org/details/PaulHarveyT ... _of_Oz.mp3

[Fife]

A couple of Paul Harvey 'Rest of the Story' about Oz
https://archive.org/details/PaulHarveyT ... _of_Oz.mp3
https://archive.org/details/PaulHarveyT ... _of_Oz.mp3

Thanks Carlus. Every time I hear Paul Harvey, I'm instantly transported back to c. 1977 at my grandparents' kitchen table having lunch with my grandfather by the radio. And I don't mean in a wistful way, I mean viscerally. Magical.

[Kath]

A couple of Paul Harvey 'Rest of the Story' about Oz
https://archive.org/details/PaulHarveyT ... _of_Oz.mp3
https://archive.org/details/PaulHarveyT ... _of_Oz.mp3

I had no idea his archive was out there. So many fantastic memories.

WGN radio was on in our house, in the kitchen, daily - for hours. When Paul came on - (It was 6 p.m. or something like that,) everyone had to stop talking.

Thanks Carlus. Every time I hear Paul Harvey, I'm instantly transported back to c. 1977 at my grandparents' kitchen table having lunch with my grandfather by the radio. And I don't mean in a wistful way, I mean viscerally. Magical.

+1 -

[C-Mag]

A couple of Paul Harvey 'Rest of the Story' about Oz
https://archive.org/details/PaulHarveyT ... _of_Oz.mp3
https://archive.org/details/PaulHarveyT ... _of_Oz.mp3

Thanks Carlus. Every time I hear Paul Harvey, I'm instantly transported back to c. 1977 at my grandparents' kitchen table having lunch with my grandfather by the radio. And I don't mean in a wistful way, I mean viscerally. Magical.

I know. The man was mandatory lunch time listening, right after the livestock and grain reports for me.