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)

Special issue devoted to works and criticism of Benito Perez Galdos on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Spanish author's death. First time that Hisapnia" has dedicated an entire issue to one author. Based on panel discussion presented at the December 1968 Annual Meeting of the Modern Language Association of America in New York,…

Argues that a recognition of the non-representational nature of the Corpus Christi cycles yields an awareness of the rich, multidimensional theatrical panorama" they created. (Author/RD)

Discusses adolescent novels that use physical handicaps as the subject to show how recent adolescent fiction is less dramatic but more realistic than it was in the mid-1970's. Three references are listed. (Author/LLS)

Discusses the emergence of a new kind of criticism which has as its philosophical starting point the rejections of mimesis, and traces the process leading up to the development of this critical theory--a process which began in English criticism of the romantic period. (DD)

Describes children's books that deal with the life crises of birth, hospitalization, divorce, handicaps, and death. (DD)

Explores the contrast between white-collar financial crime and crime as seen on shows like "Cops." Argues that conservative politicians tend to equate lower class with "true" criminals (typically with little education), whereas white-collar criminals (usually well-educated) simply made a mistake, and that this picture of crime…

Three studies examined preschoolers' use of desires to solve theory of mind problems. Findings indicated that even young children could correctly attribute a false belief to an agent when that belief was about the status of a pretense. Subjects found it easier to attribute a false belief when the desires of the agent were eliminated. (Author/KB)

Argues that Deweyan philosophical pragmatism does not share the radical ontological and epistemological theses that are common elements of constructivism, demonstrating that the Deweyan-pragmatic perspective is one that is ontologically realist and requires a correspondence of truth. The paper concludes that Deweyan pragmatism is neither a version…

Observes that Western traditions of artistic realism create problems in school art programs, as students tend to equate realism with quality. Argues that the use of sculpture from other cultures or from contemporary Western artists who do not employ the realist idiom can help move students away from this bias. (DSK)