Landmark Essays on Kenneth Burke Volume 2 (Landmark Essays, Vol 2) Unknown - 1995

Routledge. Used - Good. Ships from the UK. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hermagoras Press, 1993. Soft Cover. Very Good. VG with clean unmarked text, clean covers. Light crease at corners and light edgewear

Hardback. New. In the inaugural series of "Landmark Essay" books, this is the only volume which focuses on the work of one scholar. Kenneth Burke -- poet, scholar, critic, iconoclast, eccentric, and Yankee crank -- is the major figure in American humanities in the twentieth century. He does not fit tidily into any philosophical school, nor is he reducible to any simple set of principles and ideas. Scholars from many fields -- communication, English, history, sociology, and more -- have studied Burke's theories and critical methods which have spawned reams of commentary, extension, debate, and application. More than a single intellectual worker, he is the ore for a scholarly industry. This book contains a few outstanding examples of the products of that industry. Readers will find models of what it means to be Burkean, to study Burke, and to use Burke in developing an understanding of the human condition. The essays in this volume show that one can borrow ideas from Burke, or… Leer más

Hermagoras Pr, 1993. Hardcover. New. 1st edition. 304 pages. 10.00x6.75x0.75 inches.