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Examining his own struggle to escape the confines of modernist thought, Briton (education policy, U. of Alberta) challenges the dominant de-politicized vision of adult education, questioning the modernist tenets and moral integrity of its contemporary practice. He favors commentary over empirical evidence, a multiplicity of voices over a prescriptive narrative, an ethical attitude over formulaic prescriptions for practice, and inter- disciplinary over internal sources to substantiate its claims. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

'The mainspring of Fry's work', says Derek Stanford in this informed appreciation, 'is his intuition of the presence of mystery.' Stanford's analysis of the plays is shrewd and thorough. He sets his subjects against the background of his time - particularly the contemporary theatre - and provides the reader with enough of the facts of Fry's life to enhance understanding of his outlook. Christopher Fry's plays, particularly The Lady's Not for Burning and Venus Observed, are admired far beyond his own country. Stanford, who, some years ago, published the first book on Fry's work, provides herein a briefer but equally sympathetic interpretation of a man who has done so much to revive poetic dramas for the new Elizabethan age.

Mark Guy Pearse (1842-1930) was a Cornish Methodist preacher, lecturer and author who, during the last quarter of the 19th century and the first of the 20th, was a household name throughout Britain and beyond. From 1870 until his death he published more than forty books, often stories of Cornish life, as well as numerous booklets, tracts and articles, most of which had a worldwide circulation.