Article describes the increase in examples of photo-realism and its place in modern art. (GB)

Presented at UNESCO International Round Table on the Relations between Japanese and Western Arts, Tokyo and Kyoto, Japan, September 1968; illustrated. (RD)

An answer to those who charge the book is obscene, racist or immoral, the article has general applications as well. (SP)

Describes a personal experience in teaching French literature in Czechoslovakia. (DS)

A facetious private detective story embroidered with literary interpretation, autobiography, logical positivism, David Hume on personal identity, and "The Happy Hooker." (RL)

Discussion of the female-intensive specialization of youth services librarianship and their role in the American Library Association focuses on their jurisdiction over the Newbery Medal. Topics include the question of realism in children's literature; the Sayers Institute; and evaluation criteria. Contains 65 references. (LRW)

Explores the incompatibility between constructivist theories of learning and realist metaphysics (belief that knowledge and skills exist in mind-independent workplace practices). Shows how this results in conflict between constructivist teaching approaches and the transmission or banking mode favored by realist metaphysics. (SK)

Proposes that Flannery O'Connor's work should be judged apart from the author's comments about it. Suggests her work should be evaluated on its own merits, read as fiction that represents and reflects the real world. Concludes that O'Connor was a "religious propagandist of minor importance who wrote didactic fiction." (PM)