Considers W. K. Wimsatt's and M. C. Beardsley's denial that an author's intention has direct relevance to the criticism of his literary work. (SW)

The author analizes and evaluates Frye's concept of myth. (MF)

A syntax of fiction would be concerned with the semantics, stylistics, and syntactics of extended fictive utterances. (JH)

The book, "Plato, Utilitarianism and Education," by Robin Barrow is reviewed in this article. (JD)

Recently, genre studies have become increasingly important in the area of rhetorical criticism. This method of analysis is based on the assumption that rhetorics vary situationally, like situations will produce like rhetorics, antecedent rhetorical events significantly affect the creative product, and analogy is more important than anomaly when…

Defines "stock issue" by the manner in which they function in Aristotle's theory, reviews examples of modern theories of stock issues, examines previous investigations of the "Rhetoric," and analyzes Aristotle's approach to this aspect of argumentation. (MH)

The author discusses the validity of various approaches to, and interpretations of, a literary work. (MM)

Defninig rhetorical analysis as a means of studying writer/audience relationships allowing both intrinsic and extrinsic analysis, the author discusses the three sections of Levertov's poem, "From a Notebook: October '68--May '69." Section 1 is the speaker's personal comparison of her associations with life and death, comparison of…