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Kenneth Duva Burke (May 5, 1897 – November 19, 1993) was an American literary theorist, as well as poet, essayist, and novelist, who wrote on 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, criticism, and rhetorical theory.
Kenneth Burke was an American literary critic who is best known for his rhetorically based analyses of the nature of knowledge and for his views of literature as “symbolic action,” where language and human agency combine.
Kenneth Burke. 1897–1993. Poet, essayist, novelist, and literary theorist Kenneth Burke was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He attended the Ohio State University and Columbia University though he did not earn a degree.
Kenneth Duva Burke was an American literary theorist, as well as poet, essayist, and novelist, who wrote on 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, criticism, and rhetorical theory. As a literary theorist, Burke was best known for his analyses based on the nature of knowledge.
Kenneth Duva Burke puzzles anyone hoping to classify him within a narrow genre of American letters. His long career covers a range of subjects: social philosophy, music, poetry, literary...
Jul 19, 2022 · Kenneth Burke was one of the intellectual giants of the early and mid-twentieth century – a true polymath, writing on a broad range of topics and engaging a broad set of audiences.
Nearly every handbook of critical theory acknowledges Kenneth Burke (1897?1993) to be the twentieth-century North American critic who was most ahead of his time.
