Utopian Studies, January 1st, 2000
L. Frank Baum. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. The Kansas Centennial Edition, illustrated by Michael McCurdy, with foreword by Ray Bradbury. Lawrence: UP of Kansas, 1999. xvii + 187 pp. $24.95.
YET ANOTHER EDITION of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz! To what end? To prove what needs no proof, that L. Frank Baum's self-described "modernized fairy tale" (vii) continues to engage children of all ages and to strike a chord of whimsy and longing in the American imagination. The first of 14 Oz books Baum wrote between 1900 and 1920, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz has assumed mythic stature in the United States...
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