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Middlebrook, Jonathan – Coll Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, English Literature, Motifs, Poetry
French, Roberts W. – Coll Engl, 1969
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), English Curriculum, English Literature, Impressionistic Criticism
Wisconsin Univ. System. Women's Studies Librarian at Large. – 1978
The approximately 250 entries in this bibliography deal with the topic of women and literature and were drawn from a search of current periodicals and of recent books catalogued by the Library of Congress. The cited materials deal with women authors, with topics of interest to feminist scholars of literature, or with problems and issues in…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies, Canadian Literature, English Literature
Freeman, John – 1963
This book is intended as a comprehensive and systematic guide to the literary topography of England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. Events in the lives of approximately 350 writers and poets are discussed in connection with the geographic areas where the events occurred. Information about literary houses, libraries, museums with literary records,…
Descriptors: Biographies, English Literature, Geographic Location, Geographic Regions
Donovan, Josephine, Ed. – 1975
A collection of five essays (plus preface and afterword) by noted feminist critics, this book provides an overview of the existing body of feminist literary criticism in order to promote an understanding of the issues feminist critics are currently discussing among themselves and with other critics. A theoretical framework for understanding this…
Descriptors: Anthologies, English Literature, Feminism, Higher Education
Robertson, R. T. – 1974
The English language is now used by a quarter of the world's population and is both spoken and written in many parts of the world. Yet the reading curriculum in our schools usually represents only the history of English writing in Britain and America. This paper stresses the need to expand the content of the school reading curriculum to include…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, English Curriculum, English Literature
Anderson, Frances E. – 1974
This book is designed as an introduction to Christopher Smart's poetry for the general reader, the college student, and the college teacher. The political, social, and literary background of eighteenth-century England is examined in the first part of this volume. The second part concerns itself with Smart's life and the factors affecting his…
Descriptors: Eighteenth Century Literature, English Instruction, English Literature, Higher Education
Spilka, Mark, Ed. – 1963
One of a series of works aimed at presenting contemporary critical opinion on major authors, this collection includes essays by Dorothy Van Ghent, Marvin Mudrick, Mark Schorer, Harry T. Moore, Julian Moynahan, Monroe Engel, Graham Hough, Mark Spilka, W. D. Snodgrass, V. de S. Pinto, Arthur E. Waterman, Richard Foster, and Raymond Williams--all…
Descriptors: Authors, Biographies, English Literature, Essays
Henze, Mary Vance – 1972
This study undertook to determine (1) whether teaching sixth grade children elements of style would increase their pleasure in listening to "The Hobbit," (2) whether children who learned the most about style would respond the most positively to Tolkien's style, and (3) what children's preferences would be for selected examples of Tolkien's style.…
Descriptors: English Literature, Grade 6, Listening, Literary Criticism
Educational Foundation for Visual Aids, London (England). – 1971
Some 2,500 audiovisual aids about religion, English and modern languages are described in this 300-page catalog. Materials include films, filmstrips, slides, overhead projector transparencies, wallsheets, prints, records, tape recordings, and teaching kits. Materials are prepared for group presentations and for individual study. Most of the items…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Catalogs, Educational Media, English Instruction
Schwarze, Hans-Wilhelm – Praxis des Neusprachlichen Unterrichts, 1975
Part I (in English) introduces the drama "Lear," its author and his previous works. Part II (in German) offers suggestions for teaching the material, both as to foreign language instruction and as to content. Part III (in German) offers approaches to interpretation. (Text is in German and English.) (IFS/WGA)
Descriptors: Drama, English (Second Language), English Literature, Language Instruction
Cowan, Kathryn Osburn – Community College Frontiers, 1977
Describes the responses of both instructor and students, a group of homemakers and mothers, to a community services course on The Literature of Women. (JG)
Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Colleges, Course Descriptions, English Literature

Walker, Jeanne Murray – Children's Literature in Education, 1985
Relates how initiation and growth are experienced by both readers and characters in C.S. Lewis's classic fantasy, "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe." (HOD)
Descriptors: Characterization, Child Development, Childrens Literature, English Literature
Weldhen, Margaret – Use of English, 1986
Discusses structuralism and liberal humanism and states that both are based upon moral and metaphysical positions. (DF)
Descriptors: Educational Theories, English, English Curriculum, English Instruction

Journal of Reading, 1985
Contributors offer suggestions for teaching "David Copperfield," a vocabulary unit built around the theme of love, and a vocabulary guessing game. (HOD)
Descriptors: English Literature, Gifted, Learning Activities, Literature Appreciation