Written in Spanish, the article discusses Octavio Paz's portrayal of the woman in his poem "Piedra de Sol". (NQ)

Offering a rhetorical perspective of uncertainty reduction, this paper (1) discusses uncertainty reduction theory and dramatism; (2) identifies rhetorical strategies inherent in C. W. Berger and R. J. Calabrese's theory; (3) extends predicted outcome value to influenced outcome value; and (4) argues that the goal of uncertainty reduction and…

This is an abridged and modified form of an essay that the author, professor of Greek and Latin at Barnard College, delivered at the Library of Congress symposium held last spring on the hundredth anniversary of Robert Frost's birth. (Editor/RK)

Parallels are drawn between Kobo's novel and Kafka's "The Trail." (KM)

Article investigated punishment as the condition of crime and the criminal as the true victim of crime. (Author/RK)

A criticism of Youniss' (1975) dialectical conception of Piaget's figurative-operative distinction. It is suggested that the figurative-operative distinction does not meet the criteria for a subject-object dialectic. (JMB)

Educational criticism, based largely on a paradigm of the arts, is an evaluation mode which relies heavily on metaphor, other tropes, and artistic language in general, to convey the quality of educational experiences. Recently educational criticism came under fire by Patton, largely for its use of metaphor which Patton believes the critic brings…

In arguing for a functional rather than contextual definition of rhetoric, this paper explains that an addressed audience and not a public setting is what makes the concept of "rhetorical quality" meaningful. The paper then notes that the defining characteristics of rhetorical quality are goal orientation and strategy, and it reasons that…

The phenomenon of writer use of sport inferences in the literary genre of the novel is examined in the works of Updike and Mailer. Novels of both authors were reviewed in order to study the pattern of usage in each novel. From these patterns, concepts which illustrated the sport philosophies of each author were used for general comparisons of the…

This index to commentaries on modern playwrights and their plays contains approximately 12,000 entries on 300 American and foreign playwrights, the majority of which are from the twentieth century. Intended for the student, this volume is organized in a single alphabetical listing. Under each playwright's name is a general section where…

Critically reviews three biographies of early American educators: Frederic Augustus Porter Barnard, Henry Barnard, and Joseph Ness. Suggests directions for further investigation. (RH)

Since the late 1960s the poetic muse has taken on a new style called "surrealism" or the "new surrealism". Some of the movements' best known poets, such as W. S. Merwin, Robert Bly, James Wright, Charles Simic et al., are discussed through their poetry and what it may mean for the rest of us. (RK)

Contends that Pinter's play, No Man's Land, is about impotency as well as stasis and old age. Focuses on the allusions to sex which function both literally and figuratively and includes metaphorical ramifications of the mentally, emotionally, and spiritually barren. (MH)