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)

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)

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)

Discusses structuralism and liberal humanism and states that both are based upon moral and metaphysical positions. (DF)

Contributors offer suggestions for teaching "David Copperfield," a vocabulary unit built around the theme of love, and a vocabulary guessing game. (HOD)

Immediately popular when published over a century and a half ago, the novel "Jane Eyre" has continued to find appreciative audiences ever since. This student casebook offers an interdisciplinary approach to the study of Charlotte Bronte's landmark novel. While the casebook gives literary analysis, it also contextualizes the novel in…

More than 100 years after being written, "Great Expectations" is still one of the most widely studied works of fiction. This casebook of historical documents, collateral readings and essays brings to life both Charles Dickens' masterpiece and the social issues surrounding his work. The interdisciplinary approach in the casebook offers…

A seemingly simple tale of schoolboys marooned on an island, the novel "Lord of the Flies" is an enigmatic and provocative piece of literature. This casebook probes the many layers of meaning in the novel, examining its literary, philosophical, historical, scientific, and religious significance. The casebook integrates analysis and…

This lesson introduces students to one of the most admired characterizations in Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales," the Wife of Bath. Students read Chaucer's description of the Wife in the "General Prologue" to consider how he represents her, both as the poet of "The Canterbury Tales" and as a character in his own poem,…

Article based on the text of a public lecture given at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, in April 1970 (IR)

What we seek out and note in earlier literature is what is most prominent, satisfying, and comprehensible to the contemporary imagination. (RB)

Author discusses Shaw's The Apple Cart" as typically Shavian in content and style. (MB)