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Readers who grew up with the entire Oz series are often baffled by the political interpretation (for there is no politics in the continuation volumes), and deny that Baum intended any sort of modernized fairy tale. However, Baum explained in his introduction:

Readers who grew up with the entire Oz series are often baffled by the political interpretation (for there is no politics in the continuation volumes), and deny that Baum intended any sort of modernized fairy tale. However, Baum explained in his introduction:

{{quotebox|The old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as "historical" in the children's library; for the time has come for a series of newer "wonder tales" in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale. Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident. Having this thought in mind, the story of 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' was written solely to please children of today. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out.<ref>L. Frank Baum, introduction to [http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext93/wizoz10h.htm The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]</ref>}}

{{quotebox|The old time fairy tale, having served for generations, may now be classed as "historical" in the children's library; for the time has come for a series of newer "wonder tales" in which the stereotyped genie, dwarf and fairy are eliminated, together with all the horrible and blood-curdling incidents devised by their authors to point a fearsome moral to each tale. Modern education includes morality; therefore the modern child seeks only entertainment in its wonder tales and gladly dispenses with all disagreeable incident. Having this thought in mind, the story of 'The Wonderful Wizard of Oz' was written solely to please children of today. It aspires to being a modernized fairy tale, in which the wonderment and joy are retained and the heartaches and nightmares are left out.<ref>L. Frank Baum, introduction to [https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext93/wizoz10h.htm The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]</ref>}}

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==Bibliography==

==Bibliography==

* Barrett, Laura. "From Wonderland to Wasteland: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Great Gatsby, and the New American Fairy Tale," ''Papers on Language and Literature,''  (Spring 2006)  [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3708/is_200604/ai_n17178497 online edition]  

* Barrett, Laura. "From Wonderland to Wasteland: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, The Great Gatsby, and the New American Fairy Tale," ''Papers on Language and Literature,''  (Spring 2006)  [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3708/is_200604/ai_n17178497 online edition]  

* Baum, L. Frank. ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' (1900), [http://books.google.com/books?id=E84u2-3Viu4C&dq=inauthor:Frank+inauthor:Baum&num=30&as_brr=1 online edition with black and white illustrations]; [http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/55 online version from Gutenberg, without illustrations]

* Baum, L. Frank. ''The Wonderful Wizard of Oz'' (1900), [https://books.google.com/books?id=E84u2-3Viu4C&dq=inauthor:Frank+inauthor:Baum&num=30&as_brr=1 online edition with black and white illustrations]; [https://www.gutenberg.org/etext/55 online version from Gutenberg, without illustrations]

* Blythe, Martin. "Oz is China: A Political Fable of Chinese Dragons and White Tigers," in ''Sexual Fables'' (2006) [http://www.sexualfables.com/OzisChina.php online edition]

* Blythe, Martin. "Oz is China: A Political Fable of Chinese Dragons and White Tigers," in ''Sexual Fables'' (2006) [http://www.sexualfables.com/OzisChina.php online edition]

* Clanton, Gene. ''Populism: The Humane Preference in America, 1890-1900'' (1991)

* Clanton, Gene. ''Populism: The Humane Preference in America, 1890-1900'' (1991)

==External links==

==External links==

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*[http://www.turnmeondeadman.net/OZ/Responses.html A history of the debate]

*[http://www.turnmeondeadman.net/OZ/Responses.html A history of the debate]

*[http://www.mega.nu:8080/ampp/oz.html Collection of material relating to Oz as a political allegory]

*[http://www.mega.nu:8080/ampp/oz.html Collection of material relating to Oz as a political allegory]