In order to achieve its goals, the study of literary history should follow a "programmed process." Such a process would help solve problems in the following areas: bibliography, text criticism, interpretation and explanation, dates and chronology, authenticity, source and origin etc. (Text is in Spanish.) (DS)

The teacher's authority in matters of interpretation comes from his greater experience as a reader--and he does students a disservice if he does not exercise that authority. (JH)

This paper advises poetry readers to get rid of the inhibitions that the search for conventional meaning creates, by invoking the tenet that "a poem must not mean but be." The paper presents and analyzes several poems, maintaining that good poetry is an honest presentation of real experience that rarely offers information about any short-term…

A "good" book may be defined as a book that is rich and dense in texture and that draws on many authorial resources. This paper demonstrates the way in which richness in word usage contributes to making books good. It discusses the way in which words are emotionally charged and then analyzes the use of individual words in a brief portion…

Knowledge of classical rhetoric is still useful to writing teachers.

Discusses several plays concerning the treason of Benedict Arnold to demonstrate the changing taste in nineteenth century American drama. The plays move from neoclassic--with the depiction of the tragic stature of Andre--through the more melodramatic and gothic emphasis on Arnold's vengeful treachery to the unqualified romantic heroism of…

Debate is compared to modern poetry in its tension between content and form. From the perspective of this comparison, debate is defended against charges that it is unnecessarily structured, a distortion of normative language use, uncommunicative, and pertinent only to an esoteric group of listeners. (JF)

Contends that investigation of the past may contribute to a generic understanding of labor rhetoric and examines the rhetorical dimensions of the 1972 election contest for the leadership of the United Mine Workers. (MH)

Discusses the Dropoutsville interpretation of "Huckleberry Finn" and suggests that, since novels are modes of prediction that insinuate visions of human relations not to be found in official rules or precepts or admonitions, English teachers take a fresh look, along with their students, at the book and its real social and moral values.…

Proposes an alternative interpretation to John Keats'"Ode To A Nightingale," which illustrates a greater interplay of conflict and tension and offers a potentially more varied performance. (MH)

Reviews Bruno Bettelheim's "The Uses of Enchantment." (Author/SB)

Indicates that the study of American public address is in the midst of a remarkable renaissance with a resurgence of interest in the American oratorical tradition and a growing occupation with the close analysis of rhetorical texts. (JK)

Discusses examples in "Moby Dick" of Melvillean words symptomatic of the significance of Ishmael's rhetorical energy, in order to suggest that Ishmael's language reflects Melville's search for lexical and rhetorical forms that express the democratic impulse. (SRT)