Explores selected aspects of the work of the "Yale School" literary critics, particularly Jacques Derrida and Geoffrey Hartman. (JT)

This study investigated responses by fifteen- and sixteen-year-old students to poetry in three interview situations--affectively-oriented, cognitively-oriented, or nondirective--and the relationship of the responses to interview method, sex, and reading level. The responses were assigned to the five categories of Personal Association, Moral…

Compares the publishing industry of forty years ago to that of today, noting that the earlier market was less demanding and allowed the pursuit of excellence as well as the backlisting of high quality books. (ARH)

Comments on the suitability of Kipling's stories for children and the renewed interest being expressed in his books through the new editions that are being published. (HOD)

Examines the poetics of Richard Hugo, William Stafford, Donald Hall, and Robert Bly. Proposes that these poets are associated more with European and South American literature than with the poetry previously written in the United States and England. Discusses what these poets tell others about language and about writing poetry. (RL)

Discusses how the writings of Robert Cormier have evoked a political world in which evil is neither an individual phenomenon nor a personality fault explainable by individual psychology, but a collaborative act between individuals and political systems. (HOD)

Two professors offer positive and negative responses to the need for an accurate representation of reality in literature, offering insights into the ways that reality forces itself on art. (RL)

Analyzes the novel "Not Without Laughter" and suggests the image of the home to be a unifying theme. (AM)

Claims that although the Harry Potter stories--with their old-fashioned plots, settings, and characterizations--entertain richly, they rarely provoke, question, or inform. Suggests other contemporary writers who are pushing forward are equally exciting. (NH)

There are eight major categories and 198 entries in this annotated bibliography compiled and distributed by the Oral Interpretation Interest Group of the Speech Communication Association. The categories are designated as (1) Type of Literature, (2) Analysis of Literature, (3) Bibliographical Data and Social Background, (4) The Art of Literature,…