The entries in this bibliography reflect the prolific amount of material by and about Virginia Woolf that was published between 1975 and 1978, including reprints and revised editions of original works, previously unpublished writings, and scholarly criticism. The selections are listed as primary sources and secondary sources. The secondary sources…

For an introduction to Shakespeare's "Tempest," dramatic interest and tension were created in the classroom through taped interviews with survivors of present-day sea disasters, student improvisations of scenes, music, and historical accounts of shipwrecks. (MF)

This study examined children's literature and the development of biography intended for juvenile readers. The writer assembled a list of characteristics of writing for children, reviewed the growth of biography as a literary form, and noted the difference between biography written for the child audience and that intended for adults. Qualities were…

This is a collection of lectures by distinguished members of the English profession who were invited to lecture to schools located far from large urban and cultural centers. Included are papers by: John H. Fisher, "Truth Versus Beauty: An Inquiry into the Function of Language and Literature in an Articulate Society"; Walter Loban, "The Green…

English departments are under pressure to make their course offerings relate more closely to vocational programs. Author explains why he thinks it would be a mistake to submit to these pressures. (Author/RK)

Studies the fifty year period of the Benedictine Revival (970-1020) focusing on the sources and manuscripts available to Aelfric, a leading prose writer of the time. (MH)

Discusses how, again and again, actors, actor-managers, and directors have been trying to interpret Shakespeare, to show us what his plays should really look like, should really sound like, even at times to give us what Shakespeare really should have written--i.e., to set Shakespeare free. (RM)

The nature of literature as well as its importance in language study and teaching are discussed. (RM)

This textbook is designed to present to its readers a few examples from the work of the English novelist Charles Dickens and to develop in them a profound interest in his varied writings. Preceding each selection is a note on the book from which the extract has been taken. With some abridgments, the author's diction has been carefully followed. In…

Author relates impressions of her recent tour of Storybook England sponsored by the National Council of Teachers of English and the Foreign Study League. (MM)

An essay which grew out of a paper presented at Forum on the Status of Women in the Profession at annual convention of Modern Language Association of America (New York, December 27, 1970). (Editor)

The preferences of teenagers with respect to English Literature are surveyed and the results discussed. (CK)