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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780386403321

Autore

Bygrave Stephen <1957, >

Titolo

Kenneth Burke : rhetoric and ideology / / Stephen Bygrave

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1993

ISBN

1-134-97618-6

1-134-97619-4

1-280-05837-4

9780203285328

0-203-16903-4

0-203-28532-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (136 p.)

Collana

Critics of the twentieth century

Disciplina

191

Soggetti

Philosophy, Modern - United States - 20th century

Rhetoric - Philosophy

Literature - Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

KENNETH BURKE Rhetoric and Ideology; Copyright; Contents; Editor's foreword; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Equipment for living; 2 A god coming down to earth; 3 The spiritual counterpart of roadways; 4 This alchemic centre; Conclusion: strategies; Notes; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Kenneth Burke: Rhetoric and Ideology is a lucid and accessible introduction to a major twentieth-century thinker those ideas have influenced fields as diverse as literary theory, philosophy, linguistics, politics and anthropology. Stephen Bygrave explores the content of Burke's vast output of work, focusing especially on his preoccupation with the relation between language, ideology and action. By considering Burke as a reader and writer of narratives and systems, Bygrave examines the inadequacies of earlier readings of Burke and unfolds his thought within current debates in Anglo