Extensive footnotes and bibliographic citations. (DS)

Explains a teaching technique for explicating "Macbeth" that depends on textual proof. (RB)

The use of primary materials, interpretations, pictorial materials, and statistical information are recommended to break the hold of the mythical image of the past and replace it with a historical past. (Author/DE)

Reviews the poetry of Derek Walcott, a native of the West Indies, whose new volume 'Another Life' more resembles the poet-artists commentary on a gallery of scenes and portraits in Melvin Tolson's 'The Harlem Gallery' than anything else that has come from the English speaking Caribbean in the post-war period. (Author/JM)

Holland's "Poems in Persons" is evaluated. (JH)

The problems created by the competing claims of various schools of criticism for a unified view of meaning are examined in this book. Chapters deal with the following topics: the problem of the plurality of modes, Ronald Crane and the pluralism of discrete modes, Kenneth Burke's multiplication of perspectives, history as criticism and the…

This paper discusses generally Neil Simon's plays; specifically examines "God's Favorite,""Plaza Suite,""Barefoot in The Park,""Star Spangled Girl,""Come Blow Your Horn," and "Last of the Red Hot Lovers"; and quotes reviews of the plays. An examination of the composition of the plays…

This article is a review of the book, "Toward a Philosophy of Sport," by Harold J. VanderZwaag. (SJL)

Analyzes the purpose, strategy and style of four of Cicero's publicly-oriented letters and concludes that these differ substantially from both his orations and private correspondence. (MH)

Investigates the career of George Edward Bateman Saintsbury (1845-1933), the eighth Regius Professor at the University of Edinburgh. Outlines his position as a literary critic, reviews and analyzes his views of rhetoric and rhetoricians, and offers assessments of his views. (MH)

Analyzes epistemological differences among rhetorical critical methods and examines the stance critics take towards these methods. (MH)

Uses the film version of Bernard Malamud's "The Natural" to show how archetypes and irony make their appeal to a serious audience without in any way making the film less entertaining. (EL)

Fifteen years ago, J. H. Rushing published a seminal article addressing the fragmentation within contemporary society and the ways in which myths (films) may address this exigence. The exigence of fragmentation is relieved, according to her analysis, by mediated recourse to the perennial philosophy of monistic holism that is found across the…

Both film and ancient religious writing have much in common, especially in regard to their ability to convey powerful messages to modern audiences. A study analyzed the timeless meta-narratives in the ancient Hindu poem, the "Bhagavad Gita," and in the 1998 American film, "The Thin Red Line." It used the methodology of…

Discusses how the film endings of Hemingway's works differ in both content and intent from the original publications. (TO)