Over the Rainbow
Author | : Paul Nathanson |
Publisher | : SUNY Press |
Total Pages | : 456 |
Release | : 1991-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0791407098 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780791407097 |
Rating | : 4/5 (097 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Over the Rainbow by : Paul Nathanson
Download or read book Over the Rainbow written by Paul Nathanson and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1991-01-01 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the Rainbow shows how Dorothy's passage from Kansas to Oz and back again recapitulates paradigmatic stories of both America and Christianity. Defining human identity on three symbolic levels (individual, collective, and cosmic), Nathanson shows that The Wizard of Oz has come to be a "secular myth."