Kenneth Burke
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Revision as of 22:10, 7 May 2011
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."
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Biography
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"
Additional Works/ Publications
Further Readings
University of Minnesota, Kenneth Burke Resources Website
Language as Symbolic Action: Essays on Life, Literature, and Method
Permanence and Change: An Anatomy of Purpose
A full lists of Burke's publications can be found here
