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From the Preface: The title for this collection was the title of a course in literary criticism that I gave for many years at Bennington College. And much of the material presented here was used in that course. The title should serve well to convey the gist of these various pieces. For all of them are explicitly concerned with the attempt to define and track down the implications of the term'symbolic action,'and to show how the marvels of literature and language look when considered form that point of view.This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1968.From the Preface: The title for this collection was the title of a course in literary criticism that I gave for many years at Bennington College. And much of the material presented here was used in that course. The title should serve well to convey the gi</DIV
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Kenneth Burke
- Publisher
- Berkeley: University of California Press
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780520340664
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, Short Stories
- Rating
- 4 / 5 (1 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-24