Highlights the contents and scope of the 13-volume "Literature: Uses of the Imagination," and its companion volume, "An Anatomy of Literature," a literary collection developed and supervised by Northrop Frye. Questions whether these volumes could be successful in American classrooms of the 1980s. (RL)

Identifies several words and phrases pervasive in the everyday speech of literary critics and teachers, interprets them, analyzes the pattern they form, and draws conclusions from their patterns of significance. (DD)

Student response should play a greater role in the study of literature. (DD)

Discusses the impact of the basics movement and of elective programs on the teaching of literature in high school. (DD)

Points out problems with the methodology used for instruction in Zimbabwean (Rhodesian) literature classes. (DD)

Teachers of poetry should introduce students to a variety of critical theories and points of view, and help them to apply critical ideas to texts. (KS)

Demonstrates the usefulness of readers theater in the literature class. (DD)

Focuses on the way sexual excesses inscribed in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Oriental discourses served to open up "queer" spaces in Romantic literature, while analyzing the degree to which the master narrative of British colonial domination was in part dependent on narratives of the sexual degeneracy of the Other. Focuses on…

Studies the enduring popularity of Christina Rossetti's poem, "Goblin Market," and analyzes its content and structure. Considers the historical moment in which the poem was written and its critical reception at the time of publication. Outlines some of the disputes regarding the poem, including its status as children's literature. (HB)

Identifies in the novel, "The Last of the Mohicans," some of the artistic strategies by which James Fenimore Cooper converted the tale into the novel. Considers why the novel continues to provoke cultural interest in today's milieu. Overviews the historical reception of the work. (HB)

Argues that literary theory is a fact of professional life in English departments and that differences of intellectual concern will always remain. Discusses what should be the object of critical analysis, and questions whether answering such a question is even possible. (HB)

Outlines three ways that literary theory has been brought into the English classroom over the past decade. Describes in detail the innovative model for curricular change used by the English department at Carnegie Mellon University in the 1980s. (HB)

Considers the ways in which different ideologies promote particular understandings of texts and certain kinds of readings. Outlines three broad ideologies of reading and interpreting literature. Argues for the usefulness of a reading pedagogy drawing upon cultural criticism. Provides classroom activities to foster such a way of reading. (HB)

Explores how Laura Ingalls Wilder in her "Little House on the Prairie" book series idealizes the life of settlers in the western American states and intersperses this version with reality. Shows how the cozy family circle provides security in the face of historical and autobiographical opposition. (HB)

Argues that the work of translating the Old English poem, "Beowulf," has yielded an artistic work of the literary imagination that, although far different from the work of the original poet, is compelling for readers of today. Outlines numerous problems of translating the work. (HB)