Kenneth Burke and the Conversation after Philosophy |
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Author:
| Crusius, Timothy W. |
Series title: | Rhetorical Philosophy and Theory Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8093-2207-7 |
Publication Date: | Mar 1999 |
Publisher: | Southern Illinois University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $39.00 |
Book Description:
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Throughout much of his long life (1897-1993), Kenneth Burke was recognized as a leading American intellectual, perhaps the most significant critic writing in English since Coleridge. From about 1950 on, rhetoricians in both English and speech began to see him as a major contributor to the New Rhetoric. But despite Burke's own claims to be writing philosophy and some notice from reviewers and critics that his work was philosophically significant, Timothy W. Crusius is the first to...
More DescriptionThroughout much of his long life (1897-1993), Kenneth Burke was recognized as a leading American intellectual, perhaps the most significant critic writing in English since Coleridge. From about 1950 on, rhetoricians in both English and speech began to see him as a major contributor to the New Rhetoric. But despite Burke's own claims to be writing philosophy and some notice from reviewers and critics that his work was philosophically significant, Timothy W. Crusius is the first to access his work as philosophy.