Kenneth Burke
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| - | Kenneth Burke (1897-1993) is a major American literary theorist | + | Kenneth Burke (1897-1993) is a major American literary theorist. He worked for [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dial ''The Dial''] in 1923 as an editor, and as a music critic between 1927-1929. He was influenced by Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, and Friedrich Nietzsche but did not explicitly follow any particular school of thought. Burke defined humankind as a "symbol using animal." |
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| + | * One semester at Ohio State University | ||
| + | * Studied at Columbia University for one year before dropping out to become a writer | ||
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Kenneth Burke (1897-1993) is a major American literary theorist. He worked for The Dial in 1923 as an editor, and as a music critic between 1927-1929. He was influenced by Karl Marx, Sigmund Freud, and Friedrich Nietzsche but did not explicitly follow any particular school of thought. Burke defined humankind as a "symbol using animal."
Education
- One semester at Ohio State University
- Studied at Columbia University for one year before dropping out to become a writer
Notable Quotes
Article Summaries
Burke, Kenneth "Definition of Man"
