Kenneth Burke Summary

Kenneth Burke (1897-1993) was a literary theorist and critic whose work was influential in several fields of knowledge where symbols are a central focus of study.Kenneth Duva Burke was born in Pittsbu... Read more

It would be misleading to label the work of Kenneth Burke "literary criticism," for his concerns extend far beyond the confines of that discipline. Burke is the most theoretically challenging, unortho... Read more

Critical Essay by Isidor Schneider ["Counter-Statement"] is a work of revolutionary importance introducing a principle that brings a natural, not a dialectic, clarity into the field of ... Read more

Critical Essay by Charles I. Glicksberg A subtle and adventurous critic, Kenneth Burke is willing to follow the trail of an idea wherever it may lead, without regard to established sanctities of mean... Read more

Critical Essay by John Crowe Ransom I have read several times the long title essay of Kenneth Burke's book The Philosophy of Literary Form, and still with the sense of an adventure. It is like... Read more

Critical Essay by Stanley Edgar Hyman The reason reviewers and editors have had such trouble fastening on Burke's field is that he has no field, unless it be Burkology. In recent years it has ... Read more

Critical Essay by Louis Fraiberg [In "Freud—and the Analysis of Poetry"] Burke concludes his preliminary "placing" of psychoanalysis with a mysterious allusion to a... Read more