The annotated bibliography provides a list of books, fiction and nonfiction, for use in junior and senior high schools. Each entry is arranged alphabetically, giving author, title, publisher, copyright date, length, cost, and a recommended source. Paperback editions are indicated by "pa." The annotations help to point up the weaknesses and…

To determine attitudes of 720 middle class sixth grade students toward literary characters who speak regional dialects of American English, two randomly divided groups (experimental and control) read excerpts from "The Yearling,""Hie to the Hunters," and "The Blind Colt." The experimental group read the passages as they were originally written,…

Listed in this American Indian bibliography are 310 books and pamphlets dating from 1894 to 1971. Entries are arranged under the following headings: Art and Music, Bibliography, Culture, Fiction, Government Relations, History, Language, and Religion and Mythology. Also included is a list of publishers and addresses, containing 111 entries. (HBC)

Addressed more to the working creative writer than to the literary student, this book is intended to be a collection of "hints, tips, provocations, and scoldings--all of it intended as tonic." The author, who writes from personal experience as a creative writer, attempts to share some of his speculative insights about the writing process and the…

This quinmester course guide focuses upon a course that explores various kinds of mysteries, including the detective story, the Gothic mystery, and stories of the supernatural. Discussion of specific criteria for evaluating the mystery story is emphasized. By capitalizing on the wide appeal of the mystery, it is hoped that students who seldom read…

FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FICTIONAL PROSE STYLE WERE STUDIED THROUGH SYSTEMATIC AND OBJECTIVE ANALYSES OF NOVELISTIC SYNTAX AND VOCABULARY. SAMPLE PASSAGES FROM THE MAJOR NOVELS OF JANE AUSTEN, THE BRONTE SISTERS, AND GEORGE ELIOT AS WELL AS NOVELS BY 13 OTHER AUTHORS WERE ANALYZED. INFORMATION ON PASSAGE SENTENCES, CLAUSES, AND WORDS WAS…

Creative reading of fiction is defined in this paper as the unique addition by readers, in their imaginations, to the author's plot, setting, and characterization. The test for the creative reading of fiction, described in this paper, contains three parts (each an incomplete narrative) for determining how creatively readers can complete…

Examines some of the individual works of Leon Garfield. (HOD)

Lists and annotates eight new adult books of interest to high school readers. (GT)

Instructional materials for beginning readers are usually highly structured stories; as the story emerges and fulfills their expectations about what a story should be, it confirms their sense that their reading has been successful. (JD)

Lists works by and about Ishmael Reed, grouped according to the following categories: editions and reviews of novels, books of poetry, non-fiction, and anthologies; short fiction; poetry; essays; book reviews; printed remarks; miscellaneous publications; and biography and criticism. (GW)

Shows the way in which Ralph Waldo Ellison--"a preeminent American moral historian"--reveals his approach to history in his essays and in his novel, "Invisible Man." (GW)

Describes the pattern of psychological and spiritual evolution in the consciousness of many of the black characters in "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman," by Ernest J. Gaines. (GW)

Describes a project which involved sixth graders in the writing and distribution of fiction and nonfiction books. (DD)