Ten recent articles and books are cited in this paper as examples of a continuing antifeminist bias in literary criticism. Several forms of this bias are discussed, including an imperviousness to the feminist awareness, a refusal to recognize it, and open irritation by some critics that women are now finding a voice in literary criticism. A…

The Nancy Drew books are entertaining for the adolescent, but do not provide them the opportunity to gain insights into the way in which human beings experience life and, in the process, grow.

Evelyn Waugh, a controversial and notable author, wrote a war trilogy, Sword of Honour. Although the study of the philosophy of art is complicated, entailing serious problems for the philosopher, particularly with respect to literature, the aim of this essay is to evaluate Waugh's trilogy. Examines Waugh's use of literary elements and includes…

Discusses how traditional character types (such as Rip Van Winkle, the Ben Franklin character, and the Great Puritan) that Twain criticized through his satire survived his attacks and can be found today in many kinds of literature, including film and television. (SRT)

Notes that "The Stone-Faced Boy" illustrates author Paula Fox's clarity of insight and graceful writing. (FL)

Article analyzed the soliloquies in Hamlet and showed that Shakespeare used the device of the soliloquy not for clarification (as he did elsewhere) but for complication instead, so that the audience is made to see Hamlet's character as consisting of diverse ingredients, a personality fragmented rather than whole. (Editor/RK)

The successes and failures of the realistic mode when utilized by writers for children. (RM)

Argues that "The Dark Is Rising" illustrates clearly both what is genuinely fresh and enjoyable about Susan Cooper's fantasy writing, and what is feeble and even objectionable. (HOD)

Examines evidence that Laura Ingalls Wilder's daughter, Rose, collaborated with her mother in the writing of the "Little House" books. (HOD)

Examines A. A. Milne's "Winnie the Pooh" as a treatise on gender roles in middle-class English society. Explains how each of the animal characters becomes an archetype to describe the effects of the patriarchy on the individual. (MM)

Focuses on a resource used by author Monteiro Lobato to maintain a dialogue with society, i.e., giving voice to the character Emilia in his children's novels to express his own opinions about the "world order." (PA)

Weaves a discussion of the female protagonist of Laurie Halse Anderson's novel "Speak" into the main discussion of the female protagonist of Carson McCullers'"The Member of the Wedding." Demonstrates the parallels between the stories as well as the distinctions to reinforce their individual richness, and to assist teachers who may choose to pair…

Discusses four "bad boys" in adolescent literature and how their characterization reflects the attitude of their time period or of the author. (SRT)