"A collection to be held up as evidence that the short story not only endures but also flourishes."--Booklist, starred review
"Steven Schwartz's masterly Lives of the Fathers mines our deepest feelings toward parents, time, memory, and forgiveness."--Chicago Tribune
"Schwartz delineates with admirable and diverting finesse the timeless spectacle of parents and offspring locked in tenderly shattering combat."--Publishers Weekly
"These eight stories reveal Schwartz's remarkable ability to create a range of very...
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"A collection to be held up as evidence that the short story not only endures but also flourishes."--Booklis...
Originally published in 1978, the contributors to this volume, including the leading figures in experimental psychopathology, were largely concerned with deducing the behaviour of schizophrenics from general psychological theories of language, learning and cognition. Their emphasis on deduction reflected a modern reliance on laboratory experimentation, and, taken as a whole, the chapters cover the breadth and variety of current approaches of the time to the study of schizophrenic language and cognition.
The first part of the volume is concerned with recent developments in the study...
Originally published in 1978, the contributors to this volume, including the leading figures in experimental psychopathology, were largely concerne...