Dissertation

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Dissertation

I am trying desperately to track down the following books for my dissertation. I have managed to find them on Amazon but they are hugely expensive and way out of my price league. If anyone has any ideas I would be grateful to hear them.

Many thanks
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'The Annotated Wizard of Oz' by Michael Patrick Hearn

'Wizard of Oz By L.Frank Baum- American Culture and Society' by W. Leach

'Over The Rainbow. Wizard of Oz as a Secular Myth of America.' by Nathanson and Young.

So what's your dissy about then? :-/

The All New Pepsoid the Second!

The construction and subvertion of gender in Baum's Wizard of Oz books. I have alot of books that will be helpful, including one by Suzanne Rahne (possibly the foremost expert on the books) But there seems to be a lack of other relevant literature available here, as most research seems to have been done in the U.S. A point that was underlined by the fact that a lecturer at Uni was not even aware that 'The Wizard of Oz' was a book before it was made it into a film!
Sounds interesting. So what's your hypothesis then? (PS. re getting the books cheap, I was going to suggest Ebay, but whenever I've tried there for owt the bargains aren't necessarily that great. Just a thought... are there any uni websites where books are bought & sold?)

The All New Pepsoid the Second!

Thanks for the suggestions Pepsoid, I have bought some useful books from ebay over the summer, although anything to do with this subject is a little thin on the ground... uni website, hrmmm...less said I think! As for hypothesis, I'm hoping to work on my theory that Baum subverted the gender ideals in response to the changes that were occuring within society at the time (early 1900's)
Wizard of Oz subversive eh? Well good luck with that! ...& getting the books. "P"

The All New Pepsoid the Second!

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