Thiry-five selections taken from each of 16 Virginia high school literature anthologies (a total of 560 selections in all) were examined to determine what major life concepts were being presented to adolescents. A major concept was considered an abstract idea which expressed relationships between the relatively concrete objects (i.e., characters'…

This anthology consists of two major sections, "The News Media" and "The Entertainment Media." Both feature essays by critics, working professionals, and professional observers of the media. One aim of the anthology is to show the pervasive effect of the media on us. The section on news media comments on such topics as credibility gap, Vice…

Due to the tremendous interest in all phases of environmental control, particularly with reference to water pollution control, the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) is attempting to provide the lay public with accurate information about water resources so they may react with proper knowledge and constructive activity. This anthology…

SELECTED WORKS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1911 AND 1965 ARE INCLUDED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL SPANISH TEACHERS. THERE ARE BRIEF SECTIONS FOR (1) DICTIONARIES, (2) ANTHOLOGIES AND HISTORIES OF CIVILIZATION AND LITERATURE, AND (3) BOOKS AND JOURNALS ON METHODOLOGY. THE MAJOR SECTION IS DEVOTED TO READING TEXTS OF LATIN AMERICAN AND SPANISH…

SELECTED WORKS PUBLISHED BETWEEN 1923 AND 1965 ARE INCLUDED IN THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL FRENCH TEACHERS. THERE ARE BRIEF SECTIONS FOR (1) DICTIONARIES, (2) ANTHOLOGIES AND HISTORIES OF CIVILIZATION AND LITERATURE, AND (3) BOOKS AND JOURNALS ON METHODOLOGY. THE MAJOR SECTION IS DEVOTED TO READING TEXTS APPROPRIATE FOR THE FIRST…

This bibliography contains 30 titles by or about American Indians. Each entry includes publisher, price, and a brief annotation. Entries are organized into five sections: bibliographies, anthologies, novels by non-Indians about Indians, books by Indian authors, and books about Indians by non-Indians. (AA)

Describes 12 collections and anthologies, many of them bilingual editions and published in Argentina, Costa Rica, Mexico, and the United States, that include poems by Spanish and Latin American poets. Provides tentative grade levels for each selection. (HOD)

Notes that George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" is frequently encountered in textbooks that ignore the existence of the original audience. Argues that textbook editors thereby misinform students by failing to show how writers recognize and write to particular audiences, and how writers' specific audiences determine many of the authors'…

Discussing the structural and philosophic changes in higher education, the author feels that because of its academic purity, poetry may help to bring about a new humanism." (Author/MB)

Discusses in an interview format James Britton's theories on the importance of language in the English classroom; the distinction between transactional, expressive, and poetic discourse; and the criteria for assembling a literature anthology. (AEA)

Examines the ways in which composition essay anthologies shape and reflect the beliefs and teaching approaches of composition teachers. Focuses on how anthologies treat a widely reproduced essay, E.B. White's "Once More to the Lake." (TB)

A lawsuit against Kinko's, a nationwide chain of photocopying stores, is expected to be filed soon. The target of the lawsuit is photocopied anthologies used by professors to supplement textbooks or to substitute for them altogether. There is evidence that anthologies have been produced without permission of copyright owners. (MLW)

Publishers are suing Kinko's Graphics Corporation for copyright violation, claiming that they illegally reproduced "substantial portions" of 12 books and included them in anthologies made for professors at Columbia University, the New School for Social Research, and New York University. Off campus copy shops represent a major threat to…