This book marks Kenneth Burke's breakthrough in criticism from the literary and aesthetic into social theory and the philosophy of history. In this volume we find Burke's first entry into what he calls his theory of Dramatism; and, here also is an important section on the nature of ritual.
- ISBN10 0520041488
- ISBN13 9780520041486
- Publish Date 5 June 1984 (first published 6 May 1984)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of California Press
- Edition 3rd edition
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 434
- Language English