The Celebration of Society: Perspectives on Contemporary Cultural Performance. Edited by Frank E. Manning. Bowling Green, Ohio: Bowling Green Univ. Popular Press, 1983; pp. x‐208. $19.95; paper $9.95.
Proceedings of the Seminar/Conference on Oral Traditions. Edited by Isabel M. Crouch and Gordon R. Owen. Las Cruces, New Mexico. New Mexico State Univ., 1983; vi — 192. $11.00.
Local Knowledge/Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology. By Clifford Geertz. New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1983; pp. 1–244. $18.50.
On Deconstruction: Theory and Criticism after Structuralism. By Jonathan Culler. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press, 1982; pp. 1–307. $22.50.
The Avant‐Garde Tradition in Literature. Edited by Richard Kostelanetz. Buffalo, New York: Prometheus Books, 1982; pp. xi ‐ 424. $22.95; paper $11.95.
Language Processing and the Reading of Literature: Toward a Model of Comprehension. By George L. Dillon. Bloomington: Indiana Univ. Press, 1978; pp. xi‐208. $12.50.