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Kenneth Burke: Rhetoric, Subjectivity, Postmodernism: 18 (Literature, Culture, Theory, Series Number 18) - Softcover

Wess, Robert

 
9780521422581: Kenneth Burke: Rhetoric, Subjectivity, Postmodernism: 18 (Literature, Culture, Theory, Series Number 18)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521422582 ISBN 13: 9780521422581
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

This 1996 book examines Burke's works and shows how they anticipate key postmodern concepts of rhetoric and subjectivity.

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Review

"In this admirable and important book Robert Wess takes up the project of understanding Burke in the context of contemporary critical theory. Wess's approach to Burke's writings is both intelligent and thorough, attuned to the texts' largest dimensions and their subtlest workings alike. His particular interest in Burke's rhetoric of the subject and in the essentialism-constructionism dialectic provides a useful and mostly undistorting focus for the study of a large body of work. More important, it provides an excellent way to understand the relation of Burke's thought and method to critical theory at the end of the century." Southern Humanities Review

Book Description

Kenneth Burke's influence ranged across history, philosophy and the social sciences. Robert Wess's important study examines Burke's influence on contemporary theories of rhetoric and subjectivity. This 1996 book is a judicious exposition of Burke's long career and a crucial intervention in critical debates surrounding rhetoric, history, and human agency.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1996
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521422582
ISBN 13 
9780521422581
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
286