Examines Rudolf B. Gottfried's attack ( Our New Poet: Archetypal Criticism and The Fairie Queene," PMLA," vol. 83, no. 5, pp. 1362-77) on Frye's Anatomy of Criticism" and The Structure of Imagery in The Fairie Queene" and A. C. Hamilton's The Structure of Allegory in The Fairie Queene." (SW)

Author encounters poems by women as part of the matrix of her own life and the lives of her women students. In so doing, she and they discover the meaning of literature in a new way. (Author/NL)

Applies psychologist James Hillman's idea of soul-making to literary studies. Uses the works of Melville to discuss the terms (1) depth, (2) image, and (3) archetype as they relate to the concept of soul-making. (MM)

A narrative account of a lesson on Frost's Dust of Snow"; part of a work-in-progress, The Fragment and Other Gross Errors." (Editor/RD)

A discussion of what Black Elk Speaks" reveals about the social functions of prophecy." (Author/RD)

Suggests ways of getting students involved in the study of poetry: (1) showing how poetic elements appear in everyday life, (2) using demonstrations and gimmicks to generate enthusiasm, (3) starting with contemporary poetry before examining the "classics" and "masterpieces," and (4) having students practice writing poems. (RL)

Asserts that the act of visualizing is of vital importance in interpreting Wallace Stevens' poetry. Examines Stevens' use of "riddling" (using metaphors to create poetic riddles) as a literary device in several of his poems. (MM)

Describes and suggests the significance of syntactic imagery, poetic effects created through expressive grammatical structures. (MM)