Oz In Perspective

Author : Richard Tuerk
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0786482915

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Oz in Perspective by Richard Tuerk Pdf

When moviegoers accompany Dorothy through the gates of the Emerald City, they may think they have discovered all there is to see of Oz—but as real friends of the Wizard know, more lies behind the curtain. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, on which the 1939 film was based, was only the first of 14 Oz books. Together these works constitute a series rich in allusions to a broad range of literary traditions, including fairy tale, myth, epic, the picaresque novel, and visions of utopia. Reflecting on L. Frank Baum’s entire series of full-length Oz books, this study introduces readers to the great folklorist who created not only Dorothy and friends, but countless wonderful characters who still await discovery. Close analysis of each book invites readers to search Baum’s fascinating stories for meaning and mythical quality. Progressing chronologically through the canon, the author discusses literary devices and important thematic implications in each book, arguing that Baum wrote for the pleasure of both children and adults, both to provide entertainment and to teach moral lessons. Of particular significance is the argument, sustained over several chapters, that Baum modeled his Oz books on classic mythical patterns, rewriting Oz history in nearly every book to produce a different set of backgrounds and a different conception of utopia for his imaginary kingdom. This variety of backgrounds and archetypes gives Baum’s books a truly universal appeal. Examinations of his non-Oz books and his other Oz works, such as Little Wizard Stories of Oz and The Woggle-Bug Book, illuminate the discussion of the Oz novels.

Author : Roger Connors,Tom Smith
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780698152557

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The Wisdom of Oz by Roger Connors,Tom Smith Pdf

Why does the story of Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion touch us? Like all great entertainment, their journey resonates. We see ourselves in the characters and likewise wish we possessed the power, the brains, the heart, and the courage to make our own dreams come true. So what are your dreams? What do you want? Is it a promotion? Improving a relationship? Rescuing a child? Finding a new job? Saving a marriage? Getting a degree? Finding the love of your life? Making a difference in your community? This book will help you get whatever you consider worthwhile in life. Simply put, when you unleash the power of personal accountability it will energize you in lifealtering ways, giving you a concrete boost that enhances your ability to think, to withstand adversity, to generate confidence, and to increase your own natural emotional, mental, and intellectual strength. Roger Connors and Tom Smith know this because they’ve seen it work in their own lives and witnessed it in the lives of some of the most successful and influential people in the world. The authors first introduced this powerful accountability philosophy in the New York Times bestseller The Oz Principle. Since then, millions have come to know them as “The Oz Guys” and they have gone on to help leaders all over the world teach and apply the principles you’re about to learn. Principles that have generated billions of dollars of wealth—along with a host of even more important results. Devotees of The Oz Principle have brought lifesaving medications to market, created better education in community colleges, greatly surpassed charity fund-raising goals, and improved medical practices in battlefield hospitals. In The Wisdom of Oz, Connors and Smith present the practical and powerful principles of personal accountability in simple, down-to-earth terms that you can apply in your homes, schools, communities, churches, and volunteer groups. The book will help you strengthen family relationships, improve friendships, motivate children, increase value on the job, improve health and financial well-being, or achieve whatever it is you most desire. Drawing on engaging stories about those who have overcome great odds—including South African president Nelson Mandela, Polish WWII hero Irena Sendler, and everyday men and women—Connors and Smith demonstrate that by taking personal ownership of your goals and accepting responsibility for your performance, you also take control of your success. You will read stories about people just like you who learned to beat their struggles, like the New York area fisherman who fell off his lobster boat and was adrift at sea for twelve hours in the chilly Atlantic . . . but survived. You will learn the traits that allowed a college senior who landed flat on her face in a 600-meter race to jump up and win. Or a thirteen-year-old soccer player who moved from the bench to the starting lineup. You will discover that while no one will ever wave a wizard’s wand and magically solve all your problems, there is a way to experience the near magical impact of personal accountability.

Author : Margaret M. Grubiak
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-02-11
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9780813943756

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Monumental Jesus by Margaret M. Grubiak Pdf

The American landscape is host to numerous works of religious architecture, sometimes questionable in taste and large, if not titanic, in scale. In her lively study of satire and religious architecture, Margaret Grubiak challenges how we typically view such sites by shifting the focus from believers to doubters, and from producers to consumers. Grubiak considers an array of sacred architectural constructions—from "Touchdown Jesus" at the University of Notre Dame to the Wizard of Oz Mormon temple outside Washington D.C. to the renamed "Gumby Jesus" of the Christ of the Ozarks statue in Eureka Springs, Arkansas - and how such constructions are confronted by the doubt and dismissiveness articulated by the more skeptical of their viewers. These responses of doubt activate our religious built environment in ways unanticipated but illuminating, asking us, at times forcefully, to consider and clarify what it is we believe. Opening up new avenues of thinking about how people deal with theological questions in the vernacular, Grubiak’s book shows how religious doubt is made manifest in the humorous, satirical, blasphemous, and popular culture responses to religious architecture and image in modern America. Midcentury: Architecture, Landscape, Urbanism, and Design

Author : Kent Drummond,Susan Aronstein,Terri L. Rittenburg
Publisher : Springer
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783319931067

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The Road to Wicked by Kent Drummond,Susan Aronstein,Terri L. Rittenburg Pdf

The Road to Wicked examines the long life of the Oz myth. It is both a study in cultural sustainability— the capacity of artists, narratives, art forms, and genres to remain viable over time—and an examination of the marketing machinery and consumption patterns that make such sustainability possible. Drawing on the fields of macromarketing, consumer behavior, literary and cultural studies, and theories of adaption and remediation, the authors examine key adaptations and extensions of Baum’s 1900 novel. These include the original Oz craze, the MGM film and its television afterlife, Wicked and its extensions, and Oz the Great and Powerful—Disney’s recent (and highly lucrative) venture that builds on the considerable success of Wicked. At the end of the book, the authors offer a foundational framework for a new theory of cultural sustainability and propose a set of explanatory conditions under which any artistic experience might achieve it.

Author : Arie M. Dubnov
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000840308

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Amos Oz’s Two Pens by Arie M. Dubnov Pdf

The Hebrew novelist and political essayist, Amoz Oz (1939-2018), arguably Israel’s leading intellectual, was fond of describing himself as using two different pens - the first used to write works of prose and fiction, and the other to criticize the government and advocate for a political change. This volume revisits the two pens parable. It brings together scholars from various disciplines who assess Amos Oz's dual role in Israeli culture and society as an immensely popular novelist and a leading public intellectual. Next to offering an intellectual portrait, the chapters in this book highlight some of Oz's seminal works, examine their reception, evaluate key political and literary debates he was involved in, as well as trace some of the connections between the two realms of his activity. This book is a fascinating read for students, researchers, and academics of Israeli politics, history, literature, and culture. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Israeli History and are accompanied by a new afterword by the Israeli novelist Lilah Nethanel.

Author : Laurence J. Silberstein
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1993-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780814779668

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Jewish Fundamentalism in Comparative Perspective by Laurence J. Silberstein Pdf

In recent decades, religious fundamentalism has played an increasingly significant role in Western and Middle Eastern politics and culture. In this volume, an international group of scholars from fields such as religious studies, sociology, political science, history, and anthropology explore diverse dimensions of religious fundamentalism and relate it to a range of cultural and political issues. Although the focus is on fundamentalism in its Jewish guise, the methodological and comparative emphases make it valuable to specialists in a variety of fields. Among the issues examined are: the characteristics that link fundamentalist movements within various religious traditions; the study of fundamentalist motifs as they appear specifically in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam (and whether or not this is a useful approach); the relationship between religion and modernity; the impact of fundamentalism on the Arab-Israeli conflict; and the interaction of modern Jewish fundamentalist movements with traditional Judaism. The book also provides important insights into the emergence of religious fundamentalism as a powerful social and political force in Jewish life, particularly in Israel. Contributing to the volume are: Gerald Cromer (Bar-Ilan Univ.), Menachem Friedman (Bar-Ilan Univ.), Susan Harding (Univ. of California, Santa Cruz), James Davison Hunter (Univ. of Virginia), Aaron Kirschenbaum (Tel Aviv University), Hava Larazus-Yafeh (Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem), Ian Lustick (Univ. of Pennsylvania), Alan Mittleman (Muhlenberg College), James Piscatori (Univ. College of Wales), Elie Rekhess (Tel Aviv Univ.), Laurence J. Silberstein (Lehigh Univ.), and Ehud Sprinzak (Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem).

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Dimestore Productions
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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IndyFest Magazine #92 by Anonim Pdf

The 92nd issue of IndyFest Magazine! is here. This February 2016 issue is one you need to read. Inside you will find in-depth interviews with: Jeff Marsick Frank Mula & Sal Brucculeri Nanci Pattenden Bob Moyer Mark Koning Also included in this issue: Eitorial by Ian Shires A Written View by Douglas Owen Sneek Peek: Fleischer & The Group #1 The Devil You Know #3 Published by Ian Shires, Dimestore Productions Managing Editor Ellen Fleisher Circulation Coordinator Douglas Owen Cover Scott Barnett IndyFest Magazine spotlights the creative efforts of artists taking control of their work. Each month you will find interviews, how toos and great advice from talented artists. Not stopping there, the magazine interviews the most amazing people and uncovers what it takes to be on the cutting edge of Self-Publishing. All this - and it is FREE Don't forget to tell your friends!

Author : Edward Einhorn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1929527268

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Paradox in Oz by Edward Einhorn Pdf

Time travel in the land of Oz! New paperback edition with a dozen new illustrations and a new Afterword by the author!

Author : Dorit Lemberger
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2023-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781666917277

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Pragmatic-Psychoanalytic Interpretations of Amos Oz's Writings by Dorit Lemberger Pdf

Pragmatic-Psychoanalytic Interpretations of Amos Oz’s Writings: Words Significantly Uttered presents intermediate links between three intellectual domains: the literary works of Amos Oz, American Pragmatism, and object-relations psychoanalysis. The interdisciplinary method employed here involves a presentation of Oz’s writings as the starting point for an existential debate that addresses a mental-conceptual struggle. This conceptual conflict, which has been given aesthetic shape in the literary work, inspires the presentation of central pragmatic and psychoanalytic concepts which contribute to a new and richer understanding of the conceptual tension or existential challenge. The chapters interpret Oz’s works not only as literary masterpieces but as existential-philosophical expressions. Dorit Lemberger’s argues that Oz reconceptualizes psychological, personal, familial, and often national, processes in a way that allows readers to understand such processes in general life from a retrospective perspective.

Author : Martin Henz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461554776

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Objects for Concurrent Constraint Programming by Martin Henz Pdf

Concurrent constraint programming (ccp) is a recent development in programming language design. Its central contribution is the notion of partial information provided by a shared constraint store. This constraint store serves as a communication medium between concurrent threads of control and as a vehicle for their synchronization. Objects for Concurrent Constraint Programming analyzes the possibility of supporting object-oriented programming in ccp. Starting from established approaches, the book covers various object models and discusses their properties. Small Oz, a sublanguage of the ccp language Oz, is used as a model language for this analysis. This book presents a general-purpose object system for Small Oz and describes its implementation and expressivity for concurrent computation. Objects for Concurrent Constraint Programming is written for programming language researchers with an interest in programming language aspects of concurrency, object-oriented programming, or constraint programming. Programming language implementors will benefit from the rigorous treatment of the efficient implementation of Small Oz. Oz programmers will get a first-hand view of the design decisions that lie behind the Oz object system.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1044 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-17
Category : Environmental health
ISBN : STANFORD:36105006288588

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Environmental Health Perspectives by Anonim Pdf

Author : Robert Burnett,Anna Brunstrom,Anders G. Nilsson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-05
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780470868645

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Perspectives on Multimedia by Robert Burnett,Anna Brunstrom,Anders G. Nilsson Pdf

The uses of multimedia are rapidly increasing. Its power to present information in ways not previously possible and its integration of resources, allow for the creation of rich learning environments. Perspectives on Multimedia: Communication, Media and Information Technology provides a critical examination of the latest multimedia developments and approaches, such as Interface Technology and QoS architectures. Topics covered include: The key concepts intrinsic to digital forms of multimedia: integration, interactivity, hypermedia, immersion, narrativity and hybridity. The development of Information Technology (IT) usage in society and in the business community. How modern IT enables private companies and public organisations to support business operations, create new business opportunities, and to promote more proactive service management. Multimedia from a computer science perspective and how computer science provides the technical foundation for the computer software and hardware that drives the information age. Gives a broad range of perspectives on key issues for interactive multimedia in organisations and industry today. This book will be of interest to practitioners involved in multimedia development in an organisation, management consultants giving professional advice on digital solutions and information technology matters to their customer organisations and academics focusing on business and technical aspects of multimedia frameworks.

Author : Elizabeth Nelson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1989-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781349202171

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British Counter-Culture 1966-73 by Elizabeth Nelson Pdf

Author : Kathy Angell Mor
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-11-18
Category : Art
ISBN : 9798567198841

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Israel, My Muse by Kathy Angell Mor Pdf

When Kathy Mor moved to Israel from the U.S. with her husband and children, she embarked upon a life changing experience as a non-Hebrew speaking American living and raising her family in the Middle East. She recorded her observations, struggles, questions, and wonderment through poetry. This collection of poems is a combination of the poetry created while living in Israel, plus poetry written upon her return to the States.

Author : Roger Connors,Tom Smith,Craig Hickman
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1998-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781101216194

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The Oz Principle by Roger Connors,Tom Smith,Craig Hickman Pdf

The definitive book on workplace accountability by the New York Times bestselling authors of How Did That Happen? Since it was originally published in 1994, The Oz Principle has sold nearly 600,000 copies and become the worldwide bible on accountability. Through its practical and invaluable advice, thousands of companies have learned just how vital personal and organizational accountability is for a company to achieve and maintain its best results. At the core of the authors' message is the idea that when people take personal ownership of their organization's goals and accept responsibility for their own performance, they become more invested and work at a higher level to ensure not only their own success, but everyone's. Now more than ever, The Oz Principle is vital to anyone charged with obtaining results. It is a must have, must read, and must apply classic business book.