The first edition, highly thought of, was out of print a few months after its release. The second edition, with improved binding, is on offer at the same price as the first.
Ren Wellek, Emeritus Professor of Yale University, recipient of numerous honorary doctorates (Oxford, Harvard, Rome, Columbus and Munich) is one of the most eminent scholars of our time, regarded by many as the greatest living expert on literary theory and criticism, as well...