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Criticism and Social Change speaks with special timeliness to the role of the political intellectual (here embodied in Kenneth Burke). Lentricchia's provocative analysis demands serious reflection by American radicals.Frederic Jameson A profound meditation on relations obtaining among writing, political consciousness, and criticismthis last taken in its most general sense. It is written with passion and grace; it is shot through with learning, intimate knowledge of the critical tradition, and a deep (though by no means uncritical) understanding of the work (as well as social significance) of Kenneth Burke.Hayden White

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 15/12/1985
      ISBN13: 9780226472003, 978-0226472003
      ISBN10: 0226472000
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      Book Synopsis
      Criticism and Social Change speaks with special timeliness to the role of the political intellectual (here embodied in Kenneth Burke). Lentricchia's provocative analysis demands serious reflection by American radicals.Frederic Jameson A profound meditation on relations obtaining among writing, political consciousness, and criticismthis last taken in its most general sense. It is written with passion and grace; it is shot through with learning, intimate knowledge of the critical tradition, and a deep (though by no means uncritical) understanding of the work (as well as social significance) of Kenneth Burke.Hayden White

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