The Rhetorical Imagination of Kenneth Burke

by Ross Wolin

Understanding an enigmatic rhetorician and social critic on his own terms

Widely hailed as one of America's greatest rhetorical theorists, Kenneth Burke (1897-1993) ranged freely across many fields of knowledge, investigating the ways language, literature, and ideas relate to one another and to the social and political aspects of life. Skeptical of disciplinary boundaries, Burke garnered both praise and censure for his eclecticism...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570034044
• ISBN13: 9781570034046
• Release Date: July 2001
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"