Special issue devoted to works and criticisms of Benito Perez Galdos on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Spanish author's death. First time that Hispania" has dedicated an entire issue to one author. (DS)

Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association of America, December 28, 1969, in Denver, Colorado. (DS)

Delineates the correspondence, the critical and the poetical works of Paul Verlaine centering on the Spanish writers, Cervantes, Calderon, and Gongora. (DS)

Explores the concept and uses of analogy from the rhetorical perspective, determining rhetorical functions which the analogy may serve and the adequacy with which those functions are performed. (JMF)

Offers suggestions for using Marxist interpretations of dialectics to begin clarifying the act of rhetorical criticism. Considers three basic interpretations of the dialectic coexisting in the writings of contemporary Marxists: dialectics as a mode of thought, of description, and of discourse. (JMF)

Approaches film criticism using classical and modern rhetorical concepts. Discusses the nature and effectiveness of the filmmaker's modes of appeal--to logos, pathos, and ethos, and the appropriateness of his/her rhetorical stance--the balance of attitudes toward subject, audience, and his/her creative self. (JMF)

Analyzes "Roots" as an examination of the institution of slavery seen through the eyes of the victim, an exploration of the connection between slavery and consciousness, among both masters and slaves, and a portrayal of a social institution and its effects. (JMF)

Suggests that the study of Chinese films should be more than just merely an adjunct to Chinese literature studies but an analysis of Chinese literary adaptation in terms of the aesthetic, narrative, intellectual, and political concerns of the period in which the film adaptation was made. (six references) (CB)

Relates the Pueblo myth of the Water Jar Boy. Examines a petroglyph created during the period 1350-1680 at the long deserted La Cienaga Pueblo, and interprets this petroglyph in terms of metaphors used in the Pueblo myth. Contains 18 references. (SV)

Offers readings of some recent writing and conversations about the bodies and desires of feminist university teachers, focusing on the work of sexed bodies in a potentially volatile workplace. Contradictions experienced by a feminist and a practicing teacher are explored. (SLD)