Kenneth Burke and the Conversation After Philosophy

by Timothy W. Crusius and David Blakesley

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,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809322072
• ISBN13: 9780809322077
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"