Examines the work of British children's author William Mayne. (MM)

Examines how the physically disabled have been depicted in American literature over the years, from the nineteenth century association of disability with moral culpability, to the post-Civil War image of the cripple as victim, to the more recent portrayal of the cripple as survivor and hero. (MJL)

The social and literary representation of the unmarried woman of "a certain age"--the spinster--provides a convenient focus for observing the overall progress of all women in English life. As the single woman's stature increased in the esteem of her culture, English writers began to reflect the changing social attitudes by depicting her in ever…

This research work investigates the problem of "Leadership, and the Ethical Dimension: A Comparative Curricula Approach." The research problem is investigated from the academic areas of (1) philosophy; (2) comparative curricula; (3) subject matter areas of English literature and intellectual history; (4) religion; and (5) psychology. Different…

Discusses structuralism and liberal humanism and states that both are based upon moral and metaphysical positions. (DF)

This inquiry into the role of literature in English as a second language is based upon an examination of six basic issues or principles: (1) the position of English as a foreign language within a country; (2) the aims of English instruction within a country; (3) the way in which the native literature is taught in a country; (4) the availability of…