Patrick, Who did you read in your state college, who are you reading in Graduate school, and how did your professors come up with those authors? WHY were THEY selected for you to read? If the study of literature was just a matter of personal passion, the professor's personal passions would be forced on their students, and students would become impoverished (and this does happen). There may be a good reason we're ALL made to read Shakespeare, while only some of us have read Bukowski. Jim _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]