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This work brings together the late essays, autobiographical reflections, an interview and a poem by the eminent literary theorist and cultural critic Kenneth Burke (1897-1993). The pieces address many important themes he tackled such as logology, technology and ecology.

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Preface Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. CREATIVITY 1. On Stress, Its Seeking, 1967 2. On "Creativity"--A Partial Retraction, 1971 3. Towards Helhaven: Three Stages of a Vision, 1971 4. Why Satire, With a Plan for Writing One, 1974 5. Realisms, Occidental Style, 1982 PART II. LOGOLOGY 6. Archetype and Entelechy, 1972 7. (Nonsymbolic) Motion/(Symbolic) Action, 1978 8. Theology and Logology, 1979 9. Symbolism as a Realistic Mode: "De-Psychoanalyzing" Logologized, 1979 PART III. THEORY 10. A Theory of Terminology, 1967 11. Towards Looking Back, 1976 12. Variations on "Providence," 1981 PART IV. K.B. 13. Eye-Crossing--From Brooklyn to Manhattan: An Eye-Poem for the Ear, 1973 14. Counter-Gridlock: An Interview with Kenneth Burke, 1980--81 Index

On Human Nature

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 8 June 2003
      ISBN-13 9780520219199
      978-0520219199
      ISBN-10 0520219198
      Also in:
      Western philosophy from c 1800

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This work brings together the late essays, autobiographical reflections, an interview and a poem by the eminent literary theorist and cultural critic Kenneth Burke (1897-1993). The pieces address many important themes he tackled such as logology, technology and ecology.

      Table of Contents
      Preface Acknowledgments Introduction PART I. CREATIVITY 1. On Stress, Its Seeking, 1967 2. On "Creativity"--A Partial Retraction, 1971 3. Towards Helhaven: Three Stages of a Vision, 1971 4. Why Satire, With a Plan for Writing One, 1974 5. Realisms, Occidental Style, 1982 PART II. LOGOLOGY 6. Archetype and Entelechy, 1972 7. (Nonsymbolic) Motion/(Symbolic) Action, 1978 8. Theology and Logology, 1979 9. Symbolism as a Realistic Mode: "De-Psychoanalyzing" Logologized, 1979 PART III. THEORY 10. A Theory of Terminology, 1967 11. Towards Looking Back, 1976 12. Variations on "Providence," 1981 PART IV. K.B. 13. Eye-Crossing--From Brooklyn to Manhattan: An Eye-Poem for the Ear, 1973 14. Counter-Gridlock: An Interview with Kenneth Burke, 1980--81 Index

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