Reviews literature on the history of the federal government's publishing activities, focusing on the importance of the history of government publishing, general histories published, relationship of libraries to government publications, problems in texts of government publications, research on printing and printers, and areas of needed research.…

In "Go Down, Moses," William Faulkner shows a sensitive understanding of the character and sensibilities of Black people. Faulkner's characterizations and illustrations of relationships between Blacks and Whites imply the hope that understanding between the races can be realized through man's conscious will to return to natural…

Examines themes and images in Black and American Indian folklore and written literature. Suggests that in the literature of both cultures, there are common elements that reflect an affinity between the two groups, born out of similar cultural patterns and the common experience of being oppressed by a dominant race. (Author/MJL)

It is proposed that the French press reflects and characterizes the variety of cultures of France and that sociological study can benefit from close examination of newspaper journalism. Two themes for study are proposed: current preoccupation with security, and the French portrayal of foreigners. (MSE)

Examines Burke's "rhetoric of identification" in terms of the individual-organization relationship. Develops a typology of identification strategies and applies them to a critical assessment of corporate house organs. Concludes with an interpretation of the process of identification in contemporary business organizations. (PD)

Examines the rhetoric of the Moral Majority. Argues that it expresses a romantic confrontation between agents of a liberal, secular, and humanistic world and those of an idyllic and moral America. (PD)

Suggests that research on the structure of narrative promises to yield practical benefits for the literature curriculum. (JL)

Suggests that teachers have students apply a three-stage approach to the study of short stories. Notes that having students define the subject, specific theme, and larger theme of a literary work will develop their critical reading skills. (RL)

Calls for intellectual training very different from that which produces the traditional British literary intellectual. Asks that higher education produce critical intellectuals of a practical kind. Shows how film study provides practical knowledge with an assessment of the production of knowledge and the realm of thought itself. (PD)

Studied the extent to which the unique and typical behaviors of adolescent egocentrism are manifested by the adolescent characters in Kerr's novels. Analysis shows at least one of the egocentrism characteristics is present in each character. Because Kerr's characters are realistic they provide helpful models for adolescents and adults. (JAC)

Notes how discussing poetry as oral language helps high school students relate poems and imagination to their everyday lives. (RL)

Contends that the events at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant mark the failure of technical reasoning and communication practices to master the problems of our age. (PD)

Advises ways of using empirical research methodology in the classroom to nurture sustained, motivated, careful reading of literature. (RL)

After some preliminary doubts about Kohlberg's method of assessing moral reasoning, six claims of his "stage-structural" theory are criticized: (1) that the stages constitute structural wholes; (2) their invariant sequence; (3) their cultural universality; (4) their logical necessity; (5) increasing cognitive adequacy; and (6) increasing…