Kenneth Burke on Recalcitrance — Rhetoric & Composition

Rhetoric Society Quarterly Mar 2011

Kenneth Burke on Recalcitrance

Lawrence J. Prelli University of New Hampshire ; Floyd D. Anderson ; Matthew T. Althouse SUNY Brockport

Abstract

This essay discloses distinctive but overlapping realist, communicative, and critical dimensions of Burke's concept of recalcitrance. Previous scholarly uses of the concept have tended to yield only partial understandings of one or another of these three distinctive dimensions. Moreover, that previous work overlooked some of Burke's pivotal and revealing writings on the term when elaborating its meaning, including his designation of the term's application to factors that substantiate, incite, and correct statements. This essay offers the term's first comprehensive account that integrates overlooked writings and yields its full range of conceptual dimensions and applications as Burke had envisioned them.

Journal: Rhetoric Society Quarterly
Published: 2011-03-31
DOI: 10.1080/02773945.2011.553768
Open Access: Closed
Topics: rhetorical theory

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