Representing Kenneth Burke

{Selected Papers from the English Institute, New Series, no. 6.}

Poet, novelist, aphorist, dialectician: Kenneth Burke may be the most versatile literary and intellectual figure of the 20th century. In these essays, seven leading critics consider both Burke the man and the kaleidoscopic body of his work, exposing the common themes and strategies that hold his eclectic oeuvre together.

This collection touches upon the philosophical, theological, and aesthetic elements of Burke's writing; its applicability to social issues; and how a confrontation with history constitutes a continual thread in Burke's critical consciousness.