An annotated list of the most useful critical and bibliographic works on the subject of science fiction. (MF)

Argues that when the comic world or worlds" are examined as independent entities . . . useful information about comic character, plot, and setting" can be obtained. (Author/SW)

Reconsideration of McGaughran and Wylie's interpretation of qualitative versus quantitative forms of analysis of conceptual behavior of preschool children. (Author)

A reply to Van den Daele's reconsideration of their interpretation of qualitative versus quantitative forms of behavior analysis. (MH)

Examines three works of fantasy that have been awarded the Newbery or Carnegie Medal during the last 15 years ("The High King,""The Owl Service," and "The Grey King") and that have used Wales as their setting. (HOD)

Describes the nature of the relationship between hermeneutics and rhetoric to clarify rhetoric's epistemic function and, in turn, to provide important theoretical directives for rhetorical criticism. (JMF)

Just as we learn how to vote by comparing records, by analyzing statements, by fitting what we see and hear to our own measurements, we can develop our own standards in the process of evaluating and enjoying poetry. (RL)

Attempts to clarify Richard Weaver's ideas on rhetoric. Outlines the historical development of his classification of arguments and analyzes his axiology of argument and its political applications. (JMF)

Offers a definition of generic criticism for discriminating among different approaches to the classificatory study of public rhetoric. Focusses on one approach to generic criticism which centers on the situational nature of rhetoric, providing a method for that approach; and identifies the three operations for the study of rhetorical genre. (JMF)

Argues that Joseph Conrad's political novels belie the sweeping and vague rhetoric sometimes used to describe them. States that Conrad, disillusioned with materialism in his political novels, imagines that "industrialism and commercialism" may foster wars between democracies. Contends Conrad's interest is at least divided between a…

Makes a case for the literary quality of the adolescent fiction of Aidan Chambers. Reviews the life and work of this "talented stylist." (TB)

Critical review of critical pedagogy, a body of education theory represented by the work of Henry Giroux and others. (PKP)

Ninnes and Burnett's quantitative analysis of the contribution of poststructuralism to comparative education is flawed in that its selection of poststructuralist scholars is not representative, and it looks for these largely French-speaking scholars in English-language journals. Ninnes and Burnett's under-specification of methodological principles…

Retired Pennsylvania superintendent uses three fictional medical terms to describe negative attitudes and actions of certain governmental and corporate leaders toward public education: Perverted distortionism, quantification syndrome, and simple simonitis. Describes perverted distortionism, for example, as a disease of organizations and…