{"product_id":"9781462814657","title":"Kenneth Burke's Logology And Literary Criticism","description":"\u003cb\u003eKenneth Burke's Logology And Literary Criticism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e by  Robert Garlitz\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e• Publisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Xlibris Corporation  (December 21, 2004) \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cb\u003e• ISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 1413464084\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   DESCRIPTION\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   One of America's greatest writers, critics and theorists, Kenneth Burke (1897-1993) engaged questions in nearly every field of knowledge and studied the ways language and literature relate to symbolic action in all aspects of life.  His works have influenced the fields of aesthetics, ethics, rhetoric, communication, semiotics, and sociology, as well as literary studies.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKenneth Burke's Logology and Literary Criticism\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e emphasizes the importance of religious ideas and religious rhetoric in the development of his work.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \"My Outlaw Book\" is how Burke himself often referred to his book \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rhetoric of Religion: Studies in Logology.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Robert Garlitz closely studies the four essays on Logology and argues that they show us more clearly than many of his other books the analogical forms of thought that shape Burke's brilliant contributions to twentieth century American letters.  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   Garlitz concludes his book with a logological meditation on Joseph Conrad's epic novel, \u003ci\u003eNostromo.\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   An Appendix publishes for the first time seven letters Kenneth Burke wrote to Garlitz in 1980-81. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \"One of the best studies of \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Rhetoric of Religion . . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e  Quite good for its detail, accuracy, and clarity.  Garlitz is especially adept at putting complex material in perspective.  More than other commentators . . .he fully recognizes the centrality of the analogy at the heart of the book, embracing the logic-narrative problem that Burke contemplates.\" \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cblockquote\u003e--Ross Wolin author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rhetorical Imagination of Kenneth Burke.  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   University of South Carolina Press, 2001. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cb\u003eRobert Garlitz\u003c\/b\u003e received his PhD from the University of Chicago and is Professor of English at Plymouth State University.  He is the author of \u003ci\u003eRobert Lax: Speaking Into Silence\u003c\/i\u003e and with Rupert Loydell, \u003ci\u003eSnowshoes Across the Clouds.  \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141091213552,"sku":"9781462814657","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781462814657_p0.jpg?v=1763678106","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781462814657","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}