Kenneth Burke Author & Translator

(Deceased.) Writer of poetry, short stories, and a novel in addition to more than a dozen books of critical theory. His work as a theorist of rhetoric and culture profoundly influenced generations of poets, literary theorists, novelists, linguists, and rhetoricians. Whitaker: (New York, NY) Daughter-in-law of Kenneth Burke. Teaches literature and writing at the Nightingale-Bamford School in New York. Blakesley: (West Lafayette, IN) Associate Professor of English, Purdue University Author of The Elements of Dramatism and the editor of The Terministic Screen: Rhetorical Perspectives on Film. Author of Taking Burke On(line): The Kenneth Burke Bibliography and Archival Project.