Kenneth Burke on Myth: An Introduction

by Lawrence Coupe

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 ofLiterary Form. His observations on myth, however, were never systematic,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415762324
• ISBN13: 9780415762328
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"