The Marvelous Land of Oz | Techniques
Baum's Marvelous Land of Oz exhibits a diversity of literary techniques. There are strong elements in it of the fairy tale, the quest tale, the fantasy tale, the children's adventure novel, the beast epic, the political allegory, the social satire, the horror story (old Mombi), and the thinking person's joke book (gags, jokes, and wordplay in general abound here—at one point there is even an analysis of the pun and punning). Baum is strong on symbolism, social criticism (the Jackdaws; the girls' Army of Revolt—which seems more like a chiding of flighty young women lacking...
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