The "New Humanities" has called for new ways of engaging with Humanities texts; the European Science Foundation is just one major research funder to demand that the Humanities contribute to interdisciplinary collaborations. Meanwhile, traditionally trained disciplinary academics have resisted bringing traditional texts into…

Examines the possibility for a textually grounded inquiry of Plato's "Gorgias" and "Phaedrus" that would probe the psychic investments intrinsic to discursive phenomena. Examines the impact of the confrontation with rhetoric as the "Other" of philosophy, and explores the relations among rhetoric, philosophy, and…

Argues that until we replace classical education with a more comprehensive, more inspiring, more sophisticated teaching scheme, our best choice would be to return Latin and Greek to the place of honor they once occupied in secondary education. (Author/RK)

Revised version of a paper read at the Cambridge Philological Society, Cambridge, England, February 24, 1972. (RL)

T.E. Lawrence's translation of Homer's Odyssey'', which appeared under the translator's pseudonym of T.E. Shaw, is examined with particular emphasis on Lawrence's psychological involvement in literature and the military. (RL)

A review of five New Theatre" productions dealing with mythic and biblical themes. (RY)

Describes the individual and social development that occurred as a consequence of taking an extension Greek or Latin class. (AN)

Discusses instances and effects of censorhsip of classical Greek drama; a paper presented at meeting of American Educational Theatre Association (Detroit, 1969). (RD)

A teacher of gifted high school students looks at the large amount of murder, suicide, and violence in recommended reading lists for this group and concludes that though this literature should be read by students, teachers need to counterbalance it with happiness and hope. (DB)

Vico's conception of sublime poetry is used as the context for examining Plato's criticisms of poets and his quest of knowledge for the good (as found in the "Republic"). (CB)