Moving Bodies: Kenneth Burke at the Edges of Language

by Debra Hawhee

Book Overview

A sophisticated study of how bodies and language move and are moved by each other

Kenneth Burke may be best known for his theories of dramatism and of language as symbolic action, but few know him as one of the twentieth century's foremost theorists of the relationship between language and bodies. In Moving Bodies, Debra Hawhee focuses on Burke's studies from the 1930s, 40s, and 50s while illustrating that his interest in reading...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1611170907
• ISBN13: 9781611170900
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.7"