I think the only really important issue here is that, 100 years later, we're
still discussing it.

Isn't that the point of great literature?

/Hans
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Stan Sieler <[log in to unmask]> wrote in message
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> Re:
> > Yesterday as you may have heard was the 100th anniversary of the
publication
> > of the "Wizard of Oz" by Frank L. Baum. In case it escaped you, the book
is
> > widely regarded as a parable about the populism that spread through the
>
> Widely?  Like the widespread belief that the world is flat?
> Or the widespread belief in Dianetics? :)
>
> As a card carrying member of the Internation Wizard of Oz Club,
> who'll be attending the Centennial Oz Conference this July
> (http://www.geocities.com/~ozfan/ozcenten.htm),
> I don't accept the Littlefield's "populist" interpretation of
> "The Wizard of Oz".
>
> For years, people specializing in Oz research (including Martin Gardner
and
> relatives of L. Frank Baum) have dismissed that interpretation.
>
> A quick web search shows counter-arguments, including:
> http://www.halcyon.com/piglet/Populism.htm
>
>
>
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