Richard Macksey, Eugenio Donato (Editors)
The Languages of Criticism and the Sciences of Man: The Structuralist Controversy.
The Johns Hopkins Press, 1970. First edition. xiii/367 pages.
Volume, measuring approximately 6.5" x 9.5", is bound in dark brown cloth, with stamped gilt lettering to spine. Book is in excellent condition, with firm binding. Previous owner's name and date are neatly written in upper outside corner of front flyleaf. Interior is otherwise clean and bright. Dust jacket, with price of $10 on front flap, exhibits light shelfwear, with small red marking to rear panel. Jacket is preserved in mylar cover.
At a 1966 international symposium hosted by the Johns Hopkins University, many of the leading figures of European structuralist criticism first presented their ideas to the American academic community. The proceedings of this event―which proved epoch-making on both sides of the Atlantic - are here presented.