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1	A rhetoric of motives more books like this by Kenneth Burke add to wishlist As critic, Kenneth Burke's preoccupations were at the beginning purely aesthetic and literary; but after "Counter-Statement" (1931), he began to discriminate a 'rhetorical' or persuasive component in literature, and thereupon became a philosopher of language and human conduct. In "A Grammar of Motives" (1945) and "A Rhetoric of Motives" (1950), ... see all copies from $13.50! new only from $33.54! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Counter-Statement more books like this by Kenneth Burke add to wishlist see all copies from $4.30! new only from $21.00! \| first editions \| SVS
3	A Grammar of Motives more books like this by Kenneth Burke add to wishlist Mr. Burke contributes an introductory and summarizing remark, "What is involved, when we say what people are doing and why they are doing it? An answer to that question is the subject of this book. The book is concerned with the basic forms of through which, in accordance with the nature of the world as all men necessarily experience it, are ... see all copies from $11.00! new only from $26.95! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method more books like this by Kenneth Burke add to wishlist see all copies from $4.54! new only from $35.90! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Permanence and Change: An Anatomy of Purpose, Third Edition more books like this by Kenneth Burke add to wishlist see all copies from $23.12! new only from $33.74!
6	On Symbols and Society more books like this by Kenneth Burke, Joseph R Gusfield (Editor) add to wishlist Kenneth Burke's innovative use of dramatism and dialectical method have made him a powerful critical force in an extraordinary variety of disciplines--education, philosophy, history, psychology, religion, and others. While most widely acclaimed as a literary critic, Burke has elaborated a perspective toward the study of behavior and society that ... see all copies from $9.00! new only from $11.95! \| SVS
7	Permanence & change, an anatomy of purpose. more books like this by Kenneth Burke add to wishlist see all copies from $3.95!
8	The Rhetoric of Religion more books like this by Kenneth Burke add to wishlist see all copies from $13.50! new only from $26.71! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Here & Elsewhere: The Collected Fiction of Kenneth Burke more books like this by Kenneth Burke, Professor Denis Donoghue (Introduction by) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.75! new only from $7.98! \| first editions \| SVS
10	The Philosophy of Literary Form more books like this by Kenneth Burke add to wishlist see all copies from $7.50! new only from $20.34! \| SVS
11	The selected correspondence of Kenneth Burke and Malcolm Cowley, 1915-1981 more books like this by Kenneth Burke, Malcolm Cowley, Paul Jay add to wishlist Lifelong friends, Kenneth Burke and Malcolm Cowley are two of the presiding critical eminences of American literature in this century. This collection spans from 1915 to 1981 and offers a portrait of a simply extraordinary literary friendship. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.94! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Kenneth Burke on Shakespeare more books like this by Kenneth Burke add to wishlist This volume gathers and annotates all of the Shakespeare criticism, including previously unpublished lectures and notes, by the maverick American intellectual Kenneth Burke. see all copies from $24.00! new only from $31.27! \| SVS
13 view cover	Genius and character more books like this by Emil Ludwig, Kenneth Burke add to wishlist This book contains a series of essays on various important personages of history. Includes discussions relative to the following: Frederick the Great; Baron Vom Stein; Bismarck; Stanley; Peters; Rhodes; Wilson; Rathenau; Lenin; Leonardo da Vinci; Shakespeare; Rembrant's self portrait; Voltaire in Eighteen Tableaux; Lord Byron and Lassalle; Goethe ... see all copies from $1.99! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Environment and World History more books like this by Edmund Burke, III (Editor), Kenneth Pomeranz (Editor) add to wishlist Since around 1500 C.E., humans have shaped the global environment in ways that were previously unimaginable. Bringing together leading environmental historians and world historians, this book offers an overview of global environmental history throughout this remarkable 500-year period. In eleven essays, the contributors examine the connections ... see all copies from $22.74! new only from $22.74! \| SVS
15 view cover	On Human Nature: A Gathering While Everything Flows, 1967-1984 more books like this by Kenneth Burke, Carlo H Rotella, Angelo Bonadonna (Editor) add to wishlist This work brings together the late essays, autobiographical reflections, an interview and a poem by the eminent literary theorist and cultural critic Kenneth Burke (1897-1993). The pieces address many important themes he tackled such as logology, technology and ecology. see all copies from $20.95! new only from $52.95! \| first editions
16 view cover	Late Poems, 1968-1993: Attitudinizings Verse-Wise, While Fending for One's Selph, and in a Style Somewhat Artificially Colloquial more books like this by Kenneth Burke, Julia Whitaker (Editor), David Blakesley (Editor) add to wishlist Kenneth Burke continued to write poetry after the 1968 publication of his Collected Poems, but until now the poetry from the last quarter century of his life has remained largely unpublished, hiding in the mass of papers at his farmhouse in Andover, New Jersey. Suggesting that the Burke canon is not complete without these works, Julie Whitaker and ... see all copies from $13.20! new only from $13.20! \| first editions
17	Attitudes Toward History more books like this by Kenneth Burke add to wishlist see all copies from $9.90! new only from $42.61! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18	The Complete White Oxen: Collected Short Fiction more books like this by Kenneth Burke add to wishlist see all copies from $3.96! first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Essays Toward a Symbolic of Motives, 1950-1955 more books like this by Kenneth Burke, William Rueckert (Editor) add to wishlist This volume contains the work Burke planned to include in the third book in his Motivorum trilogy. Following Rueckert's Introduction, Burke lays out his approach in essays that theorize and illustrate the method, which he considered essential for understanding language as symbolic action and human relations generally. see all copies from $30.65! new only from $30.65! \| SVS
20	Towards a better life : being a series of epistles,or declamations. more books like this by Kenneth Burke add to wishlist see all copies from $7.74! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21	Collected poems, 1915-1967. more books like this by Kenneth Burke add to wishlist see all copies from $6.80! signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Letters from Kenneth Burke to William H. Rueckert, 1959-1987 more books like this by Kenneth Burke, William H Rueckert (Editor), Bonadonna Angelo (Foreword by) add to wishlist The appearance of previously unpublished letters of Burkes' is an event for Burke studies and the wider community of readers interested in understanding the progress of literature, literary theory, culture, rhetoric, and philosophy in the late 20th century. see all copies from $25.19! new only from $25.19! \| SVS
23	Burke and Cowley: 2selected Correspondence more books like this by Kenneth Burke, Paul Jay (Editor), Malcolm Cowley add to wishlist Lifelong friends, Kenneth Burke and Malcolm Cowley are two of the presiding critical eminences of American literature in this century. This collection spans from 1915 to 1981 and offers a portrait of a simply extraordinary literary friendship. see all copies from $1.99! first editions
24	Terms for order by Kenneth Burke, Stanley Edgar Hyman, Barbara Karmiller add to wishlist see all copies from $4.50! SVS
25	New and Selected Essays more books like this by Howard Nemerov, Kenneth Burke (Introduction by) add to wishlist OSRIC: "My hair is falling out, and no one reads my poems." OSWALD: "My liver is bad, and everyone reads my ads." In this opening dialogue between Osric (a poet) and Oswald (a copywriter) Nem-erov exhibits qualities that remain constant through these 26 new and selected essays: the ability to find the perfect wry phrase to show that the world is ... see all copies from $8.64! signed copies \| first editions

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