Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Burke, James Anthony, 1937-
2. Jensen, Kyle, 1981-
3. Selzer, Jack
4. Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993.

Description

1. viii, 285 pages : illustrations; 23 cm

Summary

1. "When Kenneth Burke conceived his celebrated "Motivorum" project in the 1940s and 1950s, he envisioned it in three parts. While the third part, A Symbolic of Motives, remains unfinished and unpublished, A Grammar of Motives (1945) and A Rhetoric of Motives (1950) have become canonical theoretical documents. A Rhetoric of Motives was originally envisioned as a two-part book. Here is the until-now unpublished War of Words, the second volume of A Rhetoric of Motives. The War of Words brilliantly exposes and theorizes the rhetorical devices that sponsor war in the name of peace. Discouraging militarism during the Cold War even as it details a catalog of contemporary persuasive tactics and strategies, Burke's book exposes how popular news media outlets can, wittingly or not, foment international tensions and armaments during tumultuous political periods. Chapters include "The Devices," "Scientific Rhetoric," "The Rhetoric of Bureaucracy," and "The Rhetorical Situation," along with an introductory chapter from the editors and a short introduction by Burke himself. With The War of Words, Kenneth Burke's influence and scholarly importance continues to play a prominent role in the field of rhetoric and literary criticism today"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

1. Rhetoric
2. Semantics (Philosophy)
3. PHILOSOPHY / General

Contents

1. The war of words -- Introduction -- The devices -- Scientific rhetoric -- [Notes toward] the rhetoric of bureaucracy -- [Notes toward] the rhetorical situation -- Appendix 1 : facsimile of outline of "The rhetorical situation" -- Appendix 2 : Foreword (to end on) -- Appendix 3 : Facsimile of "Foreword (to end on)" -- List of textual emendations, with explanatory notes.

Call number

1. JFE 19-1420

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993, author.

Title

1. The war of words / Kenneth Burke ; edited by Anthony Burke, Kyle Jensen, and Jack Selzer.

Publisher

1. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added author

1. Burke, James Anthony, 1937- editor.
2. Jensen, Kyle, 1981- editor.
3. Selzer, Jack, editor.
4. Preceded by (work): Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993. Rhetoric of motives.

Other form:

1. Online version: Burke, Kenneth, 1897-1993. War of words. Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018] 9780520970373 (DLC) 2018021744

LCCN

1. 2018017668

ISBN

1. 9780520298125 paperback ; alkaline paper
2. 0520298128 paperback ; alkaline paper
3. 9780520298101 hardcover ; alkaline paper
4. 0520298101 hardcover ; alkaline paper

Research call number

1. JFE 19-1420