The list is meant as a guide to help adult and young adult readers begin to learn a little more about the other countries with whom we share this earth. (32 references) (Author/NH)

In today's increasingly diverse classrooms, it is essential for educators to provide students with the tools, dialogue, and experiences that will help them to know and understand the global village in which they live and also build their compassion, empathy, and appreciation for the diverse individuals and cultures who populate it. This book shows…

This issue of the "Indiana English Journal" contains four articles: "Value Clarification through World Literature" by R. Baird Shuman; "Polynesian Literature: Coming to Life in the Classroom" (with bibliography) by Barbara M. Elkington and Ruth P. Smith; "The Deirdre Legend in Three Irish Plays" by Ronald L.…

Abstracts of nine ERIC documents which analyze the importance of intercultural understanding, present world literature's role in achieving this end, and provide teachers with background information on several cultures are presented. (Author/SP)

This listing of doctoral degrees in foreign languages is organized by major field, listed alphabetically. Within each field, institutions are given alphabetically, as are candidates' names. The thesis director's name is provided. (CHK)

This volume, the third in the International Reading Association's Perspectives Series on literature for school age children, concerns the role of folklore and the types of folktales in several areas of the world. These papers were originally presented at IRA's Fifteenth Annual Convention held in Anaheim, California, in 1970. Several articles are…

Intended to help the staff of institutional libraries develop or expand their collections of poetry materials, this bibliography offers lists of poetry works covering a broad range of poets, styles, and time periods. The first part of the bibliography provides a list of criteria used for selecting the titles cited, a list of sources used for…

Continuation of a literary review of books and articles on satire in Roman literature (the 51st in the "Classical World surveys). The initial phase of the review appeared in "Classical World, February 1970, pages 181-199. (DS)

Initial phase of a literary review of books and articles on satire in Roman literature (the 51st in the "Classical World surveys). The review continues in "Classical World, March 1970, pages 217-222. (DS)

The 670 entries in this bibliography include books, articles, and dissertations dating from 1977 that address the topic of women and literature. The cited works deal with women authors and their writings, feminist analyses of works by both female and male authors, and female characters in literature. It is essentially a listing of critical works…

This bibliography is a compilation of works by 44 Nobel Prize winning authors presently available at the Dutchess Community College library. Each entry describes the piece of literature for which the author received an award, provides a brief sketch of the writer, includes a commentary on the themes of major works, and lists the writer's works. An…

Compiled from the world's research literature, this bi-monthly classified list of references on population and family planning emphasizes recently published material, primarily journal literature. Topics covered include: population and fertility; reproductive behaviour; the family; education in population, family planning, and sex; family…

Children's fiction about Africa which has been either written in English or translated from other languages into English is discussed in this book. Covered are 542 novels and volumes of short stories written for children that were collected and read by the author before July 1977. Part I outlines several major elements of the cultural background…

A completely revised edition of "The Walt Whitman Handbook," this book updates Whitman scholarship and discusses the growth of Whitman biography, the growth of "Leaves of Grass," the realm of Whitman's ideas, literary technique in "Leaves of Grass," and Whitman and world literature. Also included are a chronological…

This selective review of the library science literature of the five-year period 1965-1969 aims to provide library science teachers and libraries with a checklist of material pinpointing the more significant works in each major area. The selection has been limited to 150 works from various parts of the world in order to keep the review within…