Argues that the needs of scholarly publishing can best be met by a journal publishing only central ideas and bibliographic references, but no articles. (DD)

Although college English teachers train students to produce "literature," most professional writing in America does not fall in this category. (DD)

Describes and defends a composition course based on a thematic study of the world of work. (DD)

Suggests an approach to the study of literature which aims at appreciation and rejects the notion that works have hidden meanings. (DD)

The author satirically questions the right of modern poets and modern poetry to the pedestal they are often afforded. (MM)

The teaching and study of technical writing can be improved if teachers will trade their covert acceptance of positivist theory for an overt consensualist perspective. (DD)

Analyzes passages of Thomas Kuhn's "The Structure of Scientific Revolutions" in support of the plea that English teachers work toward a new paradigm which allows the examination of the ways language sharpens and directs critical analyses of the historical situation. (DD)

Suggests, through a comparison of Bleich's work with that of the Geneva School critics, that the two criticisms have a common base and interest from which they encounter similar difficulties, and that their resolutions illuminate a solution to the totalizing effects of current criticism. (DD)