Articles, fiction, and poetry that form a picture of Chicano life today are presented in this anthology of writings about Mexican Americans. Included are reminiscences of Mexican American childhood, accounts of Chicanos in the American school system, reports on strikes by Chicano workers, and poems and stories that reflect the hard realities of…

This is an anthology of reviews and critical pieces of the significant and available Shakespearean films made between 1935 and 1966. Included are three general essays on Shakespearean film by Ian Johnson, Henri Lemaitre, and Geoffrey Reeves. The specific films and their reviewers are: A Midsummer's Night Dream (1935) Allardyce Nicoll and Richard…

A variety of oral folk material from Mexican sources is presented in this anthology. The 114 selections are derived from the various genres available and from traditional as well as newer formations. The selections include folktales, jests and anecdotes, legends and beliefs, beliefs about popular medicine, prayers, verses, children's games and…

Continuing series on materials available for the teaching of Spanish language and literature. (DS)

A review of Child Language: A Book of Readings" (Prentice-Hall), an anthology edited by Aaron Bar-Adon and Werner F. Leopold. (RY)

This survey, 50th in the "Classical World series on classical authors, analyzes works about the Greek historian, Herodotus of Halicarnassus (484-425 B.C.), written between 1963 and 1969. Earlier reports appeared in volume 47 (1953-54) and volume 56 (1962-63) of "Classical World. (DS)

Offers advice to sufferers of "textbookitis:" (1) writing textbooks are not necessary for high school classes; (2) the best language textbook is a dictionary--money not spent on a writing textbook could be spent on sets of dictionaries; and (3) literature anthologies can be useful additions to the writing classroom. (RL)

Reviews three kinds of Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) anthologies and explains how they frustrate WAC aims, sever the healthy relations between reading and writing, and subject students to nonacademic rhetorical situations. Expresses concern about anthologies that contain non-academic or belletristic selections as a means of retaining student…

Reviews "The Elements of Literature," a high school literature anthology series. Concludes that the series is particularly strong in grades 9 and 10 although the selections for grades 11 and 12 are conservative. Recommends not purchasing the entire series with all its ancillary materials. (RS)

Discusses the life and works of playwright Eugene O'Neill and provides a selected bibliography that records the major book trends of scholarship on O'Neill, including reference works, biographies, criticism and interpretation, anthologies of criticism, and collections of major libraries and archives. (LRW)

A six-month-old court ruling requires teachers to seek permission to reproduce every piece of work in photocopied college course anthologies. The ruling has delayed production of the anthologies, increased their cost, left publishers and professors scrambling to deal with copyright permissions, and prompted more use of textbook and library…

Considers the recent flood of anthologies of literary criticism and theory as exemplifications of the confluence of pedagogical concerns, economics of publishing, and other historical factors. Looks specifically at how these anthologies present theory. Cites problems with their formatting theory and proposes alternative ways of organizing theory…

Describes the many kinds of materials that English teachers can draw upon to enrich and expand students' experiences with literature. Outlines ancillary materials used to supplement the study of various literary anthologies. Argues that anthologies should be viewed as points of departure and not as destinations. (HB)