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The poetic motive does indeed come to a head in the principle of perfection . . . But the principle of perfection should not be viewed in too simple a sense. We should also use the expression ironically . . . the motive of perfection may extend to areas far beyond the confines of poetry and poetics.
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Wessels, Emanuelle, Justin
Killian, and Sean Larson. “Outlines of Kenneth Burke’s Writings: Language as Symbolic Action.” Resources on Kenneth Burke. 12 May 2009. <
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Wessels, Emanuelle, Justin
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1259:Rhetrickery
1234:Oral skills
1170:Composition
1105:Contrastive
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885:(c. 370 BC)
745:Demosthenes
725:Brueggemann
660:Ideological
511:Homiletics
424:Declamation
414:Apologetics
264:Five canons
132:Renaissance
115:Middle Ages
1673:Categories
1551:2010-12-03
1522:References
1436:, because
1356:’s ideas.
1155:Technology
1145:Procedural
965:(c. 50 BC)
951:De Oratore
815:Quintilian
810:Protagoras
665:Metaphoric
589:Propaganda
472:Epideictic
386:Sotto voce
340:Persuasion
335:Operations
277:Dispositio
173:Chironomia
1507:Reception
1269:Seduction
1100:Cognitive
1088:Subfields
1015:(100–400)
770:Isocrates
710:Augustine
700:Aristotle
675:Narrative
625:Criticism
570:Philippic
484:Panegyric
467:Elocution
448:Dialectic
368:Situation
229:Facilitas
223:Enthymeme
202:Eloquence
184:Delectare
1461:Oresteia
1434:rhetoric
1140:Pedagogy
1120:Feminist
891:Rhetoric
881:Phaedrus
875:(380 BC)
825:Richards
795:Perelman
643:Pentadic
638:Dramatic
582:Suasoria
560:Diatribe
501:Forensic
478:Encomium
443:Demagogy
312:Imitatio
284:Elocutio
270:Inventio
240:Informal
159:Concepts
86:Sophists
81:Calliope
71:Atticism
66:Asianism
34:Rhetoric
26:a series
24:Part of
1185:Related
1160:Therapy
1150:Science
1115:Digital
995:(c. 50)
985:(46 BC)
975:(46 BC)
955:(55 BC)
945:(80 BC)
935:(84 BC)
871:Gorgias
840:Toulmin
835:Tacitus
785:McLuhan
760:Gorgias
755:Erasmus
750:Derrida
715:Bakhtin
705:Aspasia
670:Mimesis
633:Cluster
565:Eristic
555:Polemic
550:Oratory
528:Lecture
291:Memoria
235:Fallacy
178:Decorum
125:Trivium
53:History
1470:, and
1458:, the
1244:Pistis
1239:Orator
1165:Visual
1075:(1970)
1065:(1966)
1055:(1521)
1045:(1305)
981:Orator
921:Topics
850:Weaver
780:Lysias
775:Lucian
765:Hobbes
740:de Man
735:Cicero
533:Public
516:Sermon
491:Eulogy
419:Debate
407:Genres
353:Pathos
319:Kairos
306:Hypsos
252:Scheme
217:Eunoia
197:Device
191:Docere
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1500:Burke
1484:Burke
1467:Faust
1414:Burke
1393:Burke
1377:Burke
1354:Burke
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830:Smith
820:Ramus
805:Plato
800:Pizan
730:Burke
720:Booth
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650:Frame
393:Topos
378:Grand
373:Style
360:Logos
346:Ethos
330:Modes
257:Trope
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