AT WAR WITH THE WORD

ISI Books, 1999. YOUNG, R.V. AT WAR WITH THE WORD: LITERARY THEORY AND LIBERAL EDUCATION. Wilmington, Delaware: ISI Books, 1999. Tall 8vo., black cloth in dust jacket; 199 pages. First Edition. A literary critic surveys the dominant trends in literary theory of the past thirty years and concludes that the result has been a corruption of the teaching of literature. Signed presentation from Young on the front endpaper: "For Al, with best regards, R.V. Young." Uncommon to locate signed copies! Fine in like d/j. $45.00.