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Dorothy's Timeless Quest, Richard Tuerk
Dorothy's Timeless Quest, Richard Tuerk
Mythlore: A Journal of J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams, and Mythopoeic Literature
Analyzes Dorothy’s initial adventure to Oz and back in terms of Campbell’s monomyth. The boon that she receives in Oz, and brings back to Kansas, is a more developed self with the ability—learned in Oz—to love selflessly.