Kenneth Burke's Permanence and Change

"Ann George's critical companion to Kenneth Burke's Permanence and Change is a thoughtful and smartly theoretical meditation on archival learning. It provides readers of all levels with a ready toolkit for getting into Burke's works and may be the first such toolkit offered in a deliberate, thorough, and synthesizing way."—Gregory Clark, Brigham Young University

"Ann George's book both multiplies and locates interpretation of Permanence and Change. Drawing from the archive, she recovers Burke the rhetorician, locates the context of the 1930s, and places the book within the 'New Rhetoric.' A must read for Burke scholars and those learning to use archives to enhance interpretation."—James Klumpp, University of Maryland

"With this companion, Ann George brings her meticulous research to Kenneth Burke's signature work. The result is a luminous introduction to both Burke and his early book, one that deepens existing accounts of key Burkean terms. George also reframes Burke as a model advocate of civic participation, something our world continues to need more than eight decades on."—Debra Hawhee, Pennsylvania State University

"Ann George's book offers an original, cogent, and illuminating reading of Kenneth Burke's Permanence and Change, and reveals the conditions surrounding its production and reception. George's lively treatment will be useful to those first engaging Burke but offers just as much to those already familiar with this vital rhetorical text."—Bryan Crable, president, Kenneth Burke Society