One of America's foremost authors explores the unique paradox of the writer's craft in this country: a craft that, hedged by affluence and opportunity, is losing its self-esteem. The influence of American culture and experience on the individual's sense of purpose is noted. (Author/LBH)

This 54-item annotated bibliography focuses on materials dealing with the writing of journal articles and book reviews for professional publication. Published in last ten years, they include general guides to publishing, guides to writing book reviews, general lists of periodicals, guides to education periodicals, and specialized guides to…

A teacher reflects on the development, teaching, and subsequent modification of a course on French women writers, and makes a case for the teacher to take the role of learner and collaborator in learning. The need for such a course for those studying the French language and culture is discussed. (CB)

Copyright branch of American law is summarized and two copyright issues of interest to academics are discussed. Ownership of copyright in works produced in the university and what "fair uses" of copyrighted works may be made by teacher-scholars are discussed. The Salinger v. Random House, Inc. case is described. (MLW)

Alice Walker's "The Color Purple" portrays Black women's oppression as the result of patriarchy, and proposes the acceptance of middle-class values--home ownership and entrepreneurship--as the solution to exploitation. She relies on stereotypes to characterize Black men and women, and depicts an ideology of submission. (BJV)

Offers a number of practical suggestions to Canadian academic librarians expected to write for publication. Areas discussed include choosing a topic; finding a publisher; collecting data; allowing respondents to comment on manuscript drafts; preparation of manuscripts; joint authorship; expenditures, royalties, and taxes; and publishing contracts.…

Suggests that L.T. Meade, a writer of books for adolescent girls in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, shifted from writing pious and didactic novels to novels that challenged the traditional role of women, in order to meet the continually changing interests and needs of her readers. (JC)

Presents the thoughts of an author who participates in and espouses the "Writers in Education" project in Great Britain, and notes that she enjoys speaking with younger students because they see her as a fellow writer and are less deferential than older students. (JC)

This bibliometric investigation of literature on microcomputers in library and information services focuses on the years 1973-1986. Five printed reference tools and three online databases were searched to examine the number of publications, types of documents, contributing languages and countries, and the productivity of individual authors.…

Situates the mid-nineteenth century feminine romance within its social, political, and historical context in order to reveal the cultural authority for its existence. Focuses on "The Lamplighter" by Maria Cummins as an archetypal novel representative of its genre. (SRT)

Elizabeth Hamilton, an eighteenth- and early nineteenth-century Scottish writer on education, was one of the first to advocate the application of educational psychology to teaching. She introduced Pestalozzi's method to the English-reading public and argued for equal education for all children of both sexes and all social backgrounds. (LFL)

Examination of 11 major library science journals for period 1979 through 1983 to determine affiliation of authors of substantive articles indicates that requirements for academic librarians to publish affect publication productivity, and that findings concerning productivity of library school faculties are consistent with those of earlier…

Discusses the literary style of Bildungsroman of various West Indian and American writers. The need of various authors to look back, to reassess one's childhood from the vantage point of maturity is discussed as it relates to the wishes to establish an authoritative basis of experience and reinterpret a fragmentary past. (SA)

Discusses the relationship of the publishing industry and the reading public to black women writers. Examines the difficulties of becoming published and the paucity of blacks in positions of authority in the business. Presents recommendations for supporting the work of black women authors. (SA)

Explains how a year of observing two successful novelists write and revise on the computer provided a number of ideas that are encapsulated in the concept of a fluid text or the writer's conscious avoidance of a text that becomes static or fixed. (HOD)