Intertexts, transtexts and paratexts: following the yellow brick roads of fin-de-siècle children’s fiction

Drawing on L. Frank Baum’s The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as a case study – a children’s fairytale novel published in 1900 – this article aims to explore concepts and manifestations of intertextuality around the turn of the twentieth century. Through which industry mechanisms could intertextuality manifest at this time – and in what ways could authors such as Baum construct children’s fiction as intertextual tapestries, creating sprawling worlds across media