Kenneth Burke on myth : an introduction / / Laurence Coupe

• Autore: Coupe Laurence <1950->
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Routledge, , 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
• Disciplina: 201/.3/092
• Soggetto topico: Myth - History - 20th century
• Classificazione: 73.56
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages [195]-197) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Abbreviations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Myth and Society; 2. Myth and Literary Criticism; 3. Myth and ""Ritual Drama""; 4. Myth and ""Victimage""; 5. Myth and Ecology; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Kenneth Burke--rhetorician, philosopher, linguist, sociologist, literary and music critic, crank--was one of the foremost theorists of literary form. He did not fit tidily into any philosophical school, nor was he reducible to any simple set of principles or ideas. He published widely, and is probably best known for two of his classic works, A Rhetoric of Motive and Philosophy of Literary Form. His observations on myth, however, were never systematic, and much of his writing on literary theory and other topics cannot be fully understood without fleshing out his thoug
• Titolo autorizzato: Kenneth Burke on myth
• ISBN: 1-135-34907-X; 0-203-95287-1; 1-135-34900-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910806809503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Theorists of myth (Routledge (Firm))