{"product_id":"kenneth-burke-rhetoric-subjectivity-postmodernism-paperback-9780521422581","title":"Kenneth Burke; Rhetoric, Subjectivity, Postmodernism (Paperback) 9780521422581","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eKenneth Burke\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eRhetoric, Subjectivity, Postmodernism\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis 1996 book examines Burke's works and shows how they anticipate key postmodern concepts of rhetoric and subjectivity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Wess (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521422581, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 29 March 1996\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e286 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.4 x 13.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.35 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eKenneth Burke, arguably the most important American literary theorist of the twentieth century, helped define the theoretical terrain for contemporary literary and cultural studies. His perspectives were literary and linguistic, but his influences ranged across history, philosophy, and the social sciences. In this important study, first published in 1996, Robert Wess traces the trajectory of Burke's long career and situates his work in relation to postmodernity. His study is both an examination of contemporary theories of rhetoric, ideology, and the subject, and an explanation of why Burke failed to complete his Motives trilogy. Burke's own critique of the 'isolated unique individual' led him to question the possibility of unique individuation, a strategy which anticipated important elements of postmodern concepts of subjectivity. Robert Wess' study is a judicious exposition of Burke's massive oeuvre, and a crucial intervention in debates on rhetoric and human agency.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Ideology as rhetoric\u003cbr\u003e 2. Counter Statement: aesthetic humanism\u003cbr\u003e 3. Permanence and Change: a biological subject of history\u003cbr\u003e 4. Attitudes towards History: the agon of history\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Philosophy of Literary Form: history without origin or telos\u003cbr\u003e 6. A Grammar of Motives: the rhetorical constitution of the subject\u003cbr\u003e 7. A Rhetoric of Motives: ideological and utopian rhetoric\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Rhetoric of Religion: history in eclipse.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary theory [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary theory\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20theory%20%5BDSA%5D%22\"\u003eDSA\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46007272702232,"sku":"9780521422581","price":27.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521422581i_d5973bdb-5f6c-4514-9012-87cb954f2fa1.jpg?v=1691381466","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/kenneth-burke-rhetoric-subjectivity-postmodernism-paperback-9780521422581","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}