Discusses the work of two U.S. ecologists of the first half of the twentieth century. Suggests that the structures of scientific narratives resemble structures of other cultural narratives. Asserts that presence of these competing stories about ecological data calls attention to the importance of narrative as an interpretive and rhetorical…

Discusses the development of a modern fairy tale with respect to J.R.R. Tolkien's mapping of its features, terrain, and emotional geography. Discusses Robin McKinley's "Beauty," an example of a modern fantasy. (PRA)

Considers how Aristotle uses the Greek term "kairos" (right timing and due measure) in his "Rhetoric." Examines each of the 16 references to "kairos" in the "Rhetoric." Argues for a fuller understanding of Aristotelian "kairos" among contemporary theorists of rhetoric. (HB)

Indicates how a postmodernist rhetorical critique in "voguing""speaks through movement" and enables to think of gender and sexuality kinesthetically, not as fixed categorically. Suggests that voguing is an imitating in dance of rhetoric's refracting surfaces that both reveal and conceal what is missing. (RS)

Examines the ways in which tropes can argue and arguments can become tropes. Applies these concepts to the rhetoric of Carrie Chapman Catt and her identification of antisuffrage rhetoric. (NH)

Discusses the topic of reading typographical errors as an example of archival work. Suggests that reading typos is a practice within textual scholarship which is a rather venerable if now somewhat overshadowed tradition of humanistic research and pedagogy. Begins with two examples of typo reading and then presents some general claims about editing…

Reads Ernest Wrage's landmark essay "Public Address: A Study in Social and Intellectual History" at the conjuncture of two contemporary problematics: the tension in rhetorical scholarship between "textual criticism" and "critical rhetoric"; and the intersection of rhetorical analysis and contemporary cultural studies.…

Discusses the use of Boolean logic in information-retrieval systems and analyzes existing criticisms of operational systems. Considers users' ability to use and understand Boolean operators, ranking, the quality of query formulations, and negative effects of criticism; and concludes that criticism is directed at the methodology employed in…

Reacts to Jennings and Skovholt's (1999) study on master therapists. Discusses the lack of clear definition of master therapist, lack of meaningful comparison groups needed to infer the distinctive characteristics of master therapists, the incomplete communication of data-analytic procedures, and the formulation of results as a uniform…

Considers in detail "a safe place" in two popular children's novels. Concludes that a crucial thematic aspect becomes one of balance--balance between reason and imagination, reality and fantasy, the finite and the infinite--and that the safe places created in these stories are built out of a reasoned solution to a problem. (PA)

Responds to five articles in this issue of "The Counseling Psychologist" concerning moving counseling to a more global perspective. States that these articles remind counselors to continually assess the cultural validity and cross-cultural generalizability of the American models of counseling for clients from other cultures. (Author/MKA)

Although civil society is promoted as an alternative to the global marketplace, feminist critiques identify the failure of civil society discourse to address women's experiences. An inclusive civil society should reflect issues and concerns of both the homeplace and the workplace as they affect each person's life. (SK)

Presents comments on an article by Eitel and Steiner(1999) and a response from the authors, who clarify and elaborate on their earlier article in an answer to criticism that it lacks the necessary evidence to support pedagogical change. (Author/CCM)

Surveys previous approaches to free verse. Proposes a new method of articulating the diversity of free verse. Discusses paired poems to show the kinds of things that this new method gives educators to say when they want to talk about the verse of free verse poetry. (RS)

Finds "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" functions as a "surprisingly accurate cultural translation" of de Troyes's "Perceval" text. Suggests that using such films helps students open a door upon film studies and discursive studies that will serve them well as they adapt to their own historical moment. (PA)