This work explores this crucial period in the development of the English novel, integrating critical theory, historical background and close reading. Divided into two major sections, the first shows how historical and contextual material is essential for developing powerful readings. Thus the first part challenges such New Critical tenets as "exit author" and the "biographical fallacy" and discusses how the author becomes a formal presence in the text.;The second section is theoretical and speaks of the transformation in the way that we read and think about authors, readers, characters and form in the light of recent theory, offering an alternative to the deconstructive and Marxist trends in literary studies.

In this study the author argues that the narrative and representational aspects of Steven's poetry has been neglected in favour of readings that stress his word play and rhetoricity. Stressing the poet's familiarity with modern painting, this book shows how Steven's concept of representation is deeply influenced by such figures as Picasso and Duchamp. Schwartz shows that Steven's poetry needs to be understood in terms of a number of major contexts including the American tradition of Emerson and Whitman, the Romantic movement and the modernist tradition. Through analysis of selected poems, from every stage of Steven's career, the author shows how the aesthetics and themes evolve. The author sees The Man with the Blue Guitar and Notes Towards a Supreme Fiction as central poems.

Books on abortion (other than collections of readings) typically express and defend a particular position. This book gives both sides, as evenly and objectively as possible; it gets to the heart of each position, the core idea which animates it. It then leaves the reader to make up his or her own mind. It is an introduction to the issue, not only to the basic positions on the issue. Despite being brief, it contains careful analyses and discussions of many topics often not found at all in other works. The treatment is thorough and detailed, but succinct. Understanding Abortion: From Mixed Feelings to Rational Thought is aimed at all people who want a better understanding of what the two sides on this issue are really saying, and what reasons they give for their position. Many people assume that this issue is an interminable one, with "no clear answers"; a purely emotional debate that cannot be addressed by the use of reasoned arguments. The book shows that this is not the case.

Books on abortion (other than collections of readings) typically express and defend a particular position. This book gives both sides, as evenly and objectively as possible; it gets to the heart of each position, the core idea which animates it. It then leaves the reader to make up his or her own mind. It is an introduction to the issue, not only to the basic positions on the issue. Despite being brief, it contains careful analyses and discussions of many topics often not found at all in other works. The treatment is thorough and detailed, but succinct. Understanding Abortion: From Mixed Feelings to Rational Thought is aimed at all people who want a better understanding of what the two sides on this issue are really saying, and what reasons they give for their position. Many people assume that this issue is an interminable one, with "no clear answers"; a purely emotional debate that cannot be addressed by the use of reasoned arguments. The book shows that this is not the case.

While analyzing Damon Runyon's high spirited work in terms of historical contexts, popular culture, and of the changing function of the media, Schwarz argues that in his columns and stories Runyon was an indispensable figure in creating our public images of New York City culture, including our interest in the demi-monde and underworld that explains in part the success of The Godfather films and The Sopranos . In his lively and exuberant chapters that include a panoramic view of New York City between the World Wars - with a focus on its colourful nightlife - Schwarz examines virtually every facet of Runyon's career from sports writer, daily columnist, trial reporter, and Hollywood figure to the author of the still widely-read short stories that were the source of the Broadway hit Guys and Dolls . As part of his discussion of Runyon's art and the artistry of Runyon's fiction, Schwarz skilfully examines the special language of the Broadway stories known as 'Runyonese', and explains how 'Runyonese' has become an adjective for describing flamboyant behaviour.

A Different Kind of Coaching BookFacilitative Coaching is a dynamic resource that offers coaches, leaders, facilitators, consultants, and therapists a guide for expanding their repertoire and helping their clients achieve lasting results. It challenges coaches to employ a full range of creative methods for working with the whole brain and helping themselves and their clients get unstuck when facing obstacles.

Facilitative Coaching and the companion CD include more than seventy exercises, along with guidelines, tips, and tools for putting them into action. All the exercises can be adapted to a variety of situations and are designed for both the professional development of coaches and use with clients. In addition to myriad hands-on tools, the book and CD include illustrative client stories, creations, and examples of results that are sure to spark creativity.

All the Facilitative Coaching methods have been tested by the authors during their more than fifty years of combined coaching, consulting, training, and facilitation experience. Their work is grounded in an in-depth coaching model that they developed and teach in their Facilitative Coach workshops. ?It is based on the highly successful Skilled Facilitator approach developed by best-selling author Roger Schwarz. This comprehensive resource includes the information and tools needed to become a collaborative coach who fully engages clients in achieving creative, purposeful action toward their deepest dreams and desires.

Offentliches Wirtschaftsrecht schnell erfasst behandelt in einem Allgemeinen Teil zunachst die Dimensionen des Wirtschaftsrechts, Grundbegriffe, System und Akteure, sodann Fragen der nationalen, europaischen und internationalen Wirtschafts"verfassung," anschliessend die Organisation der Wirtschaftsverwaltung, deren Aufgaben und Instrumente, ferner Probleme staatlicher wirtschaftlicher Betatigung und als Querschnittsbereiche Datenschutz und Sanktionen. Der Besondere Teil befasst sich mit ausgewahlten materiell-rechtlichen Problemen, wie dem Gewerbe-, dem Regulierungs- und dem Subventionsrecht. Falle mit Losungen dienen der exemplarischen Vertiefung von Schwerpunkten. Das Werk verbindet zudem das Sachverzeichnis mit einem Glossar und bereitet die einzelnen Kapitel durch Fragen vor, die am jeweiligen Ende (den Text erganzend) beantwortet werden. "

This is a new release of the original 1928 edition.

1928. Book Four in The Bible Story in the Bible Words series, which was developed for children in Jewish schools. With this reader, which continues the story to the destruction of the first Temple, there is placed at the disposal of Jewish teachers a series of Bible Readers covering the period of Jewish history from the beginning to 586 before the Common Era. These readers can be used either as texts in the teaching of Bible, or as source readers in the teaching of biblical history. The selections contained in this reader are taking from the following books: First and Second Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekial, Amos and Second Chronicles.

1928. Book Four in The Bible Story in the Bible Words series, which was developed for children in Jewish schools. With this reader, which continues the story to the destruction of the first Temple, there is placed at the disposal of Jewish teachers a series of Bible Readers covering the period of Jewish history from the beginning to 586 before the Common Era. These readers can be used either as texts in the teaching of Bible, or as source readers in the teaching of biblical history. The selections contained in this reader are taking from the following books: First and Second Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekial, Amos and Second Chronicles.

1928. Book Four in The Bible Story in the Bible Words series, which was developed for children in Jewish schools. With this reader, which continues the story to the destruction of the first Temple, there is placed at the disposal of Jewish teachers a series of Bible Readers covering the period of Jewish history from the beginning to 586 before the Common Era. These readers can be used either as texts in the teaching of Bible, or as source readers in the teaching of biblical history. The selections contained in this reader are taking from the following books: First and Second Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekial, Amos and Second Chronicles.

This work explores this crucial period in the development of the English novel, integrating critical theory, historical background and close reading. Divided into two major sections, the first shows how historical and contextual material is essential for developing powerful readings. Thus the first part challenges such New Critical tenets as "exit author" and the "biographical fallacy" and discusses how the author becomes a formal presence in the text.;The second section is theoretical and speaks of the transformation in the way that we read and think about authors, readers, characters and form in the light of recent theory, offering an alternative to the deconstructive and Marxist trends in literary studies.

Written by influential scholar-critic and award-winning Daniel R. Schwarz, In Defense of Reading: Teaching Literature in the Twenty-First Century is a passionate and joyful defense of the pleasures of reading. This stimulating book provides valuable insights for teachers and students on why we read and how we read when we embark on "the odyssey of reading."* Provides valuable insights into why and how we read* Addresses issues and problems in the contemporary university and offers insights into the future* Explores the life of the mind, the rewards and joys of committed teaching, and the relationship between teaching and scholarship in the contemporary university* Draws on the author's forty years of teaching experience* Following his long term commitment to close reading and historicism, Schwarz shows how the best literary criticism must both respect text and context* Contains insightful and important readings of a broad range of texts, including those by Joyce, Woolf, Conrad, Forster, Gordimer, and Spiegelman's Maus