Offers glimpses into the landscapes of people's lives. Discusses Edith Bruck's "Who Loves You Like This,""Life Stories: Profiles from 'The New Yorker'," and Hugh Sidey's "Portraits of the Presidents: Power and Personality in the Oval Office." (SG)

Louise Rosenblatt, the author's mother, is invited to say a few words to the attendees of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Annual Convention at an afternoon session. As the appointed hour nears, he helps her navigate her way to the hall entrance. Staggered, he feels his heart almost stop. Louise keeps walking--and a few minutes…

A comparison between composition and literature is presented in Harriet Malinowitz's "Business, Pleasure, and the Personal Essay". The importance of praising and analyzing various interpretations of a text to English studies is emphasized.

Suggests that the English profession should take another look at children's literature as an important area for further study. (RB)

Thirty-three linguistically oriented questions are presented that have proved useful in teaching literature. They are followed by a brief description of the kinds of linguistic knowledge needed to use the questions and an application of the technique to a novel and a poem. (KM)

Challenges the idea in the critical and educational thinking about literature that poetry is an experience that does not need analysis. (RB)

Describes a method for analyzing "Tom Jones," emphasizing an historical approach which also reveals much about the culture of eighteenth century England. (RB)

Describes some of the beneficial effects of studying the heritage embodied in Afro-American Literature. (RB)

The teacher's authority in matters of interpretation comes from his greater experience as a reader--and he does students a disservice if he does not exercise that authority. (JH)

Examines the textbooks currently available to secondary teachers of English as sources of materials, ideas, and activities. (RB)

Outlines how one poem is used as the focus of a sixth form critical appreciation lesson and as a work of art to be responded to in its own right. (Author/RB)

This paper advises poetry readers to get rid of the inhibitions that the search for conventional meaning creates, by invoking the tenet that "a poem must not mean but be." The paper presents and analyzes several poems, maintaining that good poetry is an honest presentation of real experience that rarely offers information about any short-term…

This paper discusses the effects of personal response on both the research and the teaching of language and literature. Two studies are presented which show how personal response affects interpretive judgment. In addition, a study of classroom responses to literature is compared to a study of language, indicating that personal motivations preface…