Methods of studying literature are defined and described. A section on definitions and distinctions investigates literature and literary study; the nature and function of literature; literary theory, criticism, and history; and general, comparative, and national literature. The ordering and establishing of evidence is described. The bulk of the…

Evaluates the works of present-day Spanish writers, Carlos Claveria Lizana, Ricardo Fernandez de la Reguera, Mercedes Ballesteros Gaibrois, Luis Romero, Jorge Guillen, and Lauro Olmo. (DS)

The person and poetry of Walt Whitman are discussed. Excerpts from his poems are included. (RM)

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)

Reviews background and work of contemporary writers Joaquin de Entrambasaguas, Concha Suarez del Otero, Enrique Llovet, and Manuel Rios Ruiz. (RS)

Special issue devoted to works and criticisms of Benito Perez Galdos on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Spanish author's death. First time that "Hispania" has dedicated an entire issue to one author. (DS)

Arniches is best remembered for his sainetes," one-act vignettes caricaturizing aspects of the Spanish way of life. (DS)

Special issue devoted to works and criticisms of Benito Perez Galdos on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Spanish author's death. First time that Hispania" has dedicated an entire issue to one author. (DS)

This study describes and analyzes, in a critical literary manner, selected biographies for children eight to twelve years of age. Biographies of Jane Addams, Cesar Chavez, Mohandas Gandhi, Toyohiko Kagawa, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Albert Schweitzer are viewed from the perspective of a literary criterion based on the principles of design to…