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Kenneth Burke

1897 - 1993

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Kenneth Duva Burke (May 5, 1897 – November 19, 1993) was an American literary theorist, poet, essayist, and novelist, who wrote on 20th-century philosophy, aesthetics, criticism, and rhetorical theory. As a literary theorist, Burke was best known for his analyses based on the nature of knowledge. He was one of the first theorists to stray from more traditional rhetoric and view literature as "symbolic action." Burke was unorthodox, concerning himself not only with literary texts but also with the elements of the text that interacted with the audience: social, historical, political background, author biography, etc. For his career, Burke has been praised by The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism as "one of the most unorthodox, challenging, theoretically sophisticated American-born literary critics of the twentieth century." His work continues to be discussed by rhetoricians and philosophers. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenneth Burke is the 5,540th most popular writer, the 8,286th most popular biography from United States and the 639th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Kenneth Burke ranks 5,540 out of 7,302. Before him are Louis Guilloux, Uma Aaltonen, Rick Warren, Ramsey Campbell, Wajdi Mouawad, and Albert Engström. After him are Michael Grant, Meindert DeJong, Antoni Lange, Þórbergur Þórðarson, John Esposito, and Tom Robbins.

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Among people born in 1897, Kenneth Burke ranks 273. Before him are Shidzue Katō, Harald Strøm, Gregory Ratoff, Bert Schneider, Ville Pörhölä, and Jackson Scholz. After him are Tom Florie, Nunnally Johnson, James Parrott, Aleksandra Khokhlova, Kálmán Tihanyi, and Viola Dana. Among people deceased in 1993, Kenneth Burke ranks 233. Before him are Danny Blanchflower, Jean Tamini, Alexis Smith, Masaru Furukawa, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, and Conway Twitty. After him are Muhammad Khan Junejo, Mia Zapata, Paul Grégoire, Utpal Dutt, Aleks Buda, and Thomas Watson Jr..

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Among people born in United States, Kenneth Burke ranks 8,286 out of 20,380. Before him are Arthur Dove (1880), Jessica Simpson (1980), Arthur Wightman (1922), Joe Alaskey (1952), Stanley A. McChrystal (1954), and Terry McDermott (1940). After him are George Bancroft (1800), Rob Van Dam (1970), Clare Boothe Luce (1903), Omar Epps (1973), John Esposito (1940), and Mariette Hartley (1940).

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Among writers born in United States, Kenneth Burke ranks 639. Before him are John Keel (1930), Ted Chiang (1967), Michael Herr (1940), Norman Cousins (1915), Tim Powers (1952), and Rick Warren (1954). After him are John Esposito (1940), Tom Robbins (1932), Grace Paley (1922), Larry McMurtry (1936), Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884), and Barbara Ehrenreich (1941).

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