Some of the fundamental problems with Shange's plays originate in the fact of the author's own youth. From the author's misapprehension of her own maturity derives the distorted perspective which controls the play. (Author/AM)

Discusses specific stories and approaches for introducing the works of West Indies author Michael Anthony in secondary school literature classes. (HTH)

Reports on three new illustrated children's books with settings in the frozen Far North: "Zoom Away" by Tim Wynne-Jones and Ken Nutt, "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Ted Harrison, and "A Candle for Christmas" by Jean Speare and Ann Blades. (NKA)

Suggesting that "criticism" of children's literature has become didactic and censorious, this essay focuses on treatment of women and minority groups in children's books; traditional standards of literary criticism; concerns in literature (racism, sexism, ageism, portrayal of handicapped); and how authors create books. Examples of children's books…

An award winning author discusses the making of his novel, "Raspberry One" and stresses the need for accuracy and honesty in historical fiction. (HOD)

Discusses the work of contemporary writers Manuel Ferrard, Medardo Fraile, Camilo Jose Cela, Julio Mathias, Jose Maria Cabodevilla, and Federico Carlos Sainz de Robles. (DS)

Stylistic analysis or attribution study is a very different kind of indexing. Instead of indexing subjects, it measures such things as the frequencies of common words such as and" and the". These studies reveal a great deal about consistency, methodology, and the approaches used for documents in the humanities. (41 references) (Author/NH)

Last part of a continued article. (DS)

Reports on the life and works of contemporary Spanish writers Samuel Gili Gaya, Emilio Romero, Begona Garcia Diego, Ramiro Pinilla, Felix Grande, and Juan Antonio Cabezas. (DS)

Reports on life and works of contemporary Spanish writers Julian Marias, Carmen Nonell, Luis Martin Santos, Luis Felipe Vivanco, Mario Lacruz, and Jose Maria Rodriguez Mendez. (DS)

Discusses the novels and prose writings in English of South African authors. (DS)

Continuing series on contemporary authors in Spain. Authors treated are Narciso Alonso Cortes, Manuel Arce, Carmen Llorca, Angel Maria de Lera, Louis Jimenez, Martos and Alfonso Sastre. (DS)

A paper presented at Workshop on Feminist Literature and Feminine Consciousness at annual convention of Modern Language Association of America (New York, December 27, 1970). (Editor)

Reminisces about growing up with Freddy, Walter R. Brooks' adventurous pig, and the qualities and values he represents. (HOD)