On hegemony—“he gave it no name”—and critical structuralism in the work of Kenneth Burke¹

Portions of this essay were presented in a public lecture, “On Enthymemic Identification and Power,” for the Purdue Center for Humanistic Studies, March 14, 1984.

ON DECONSTRUCTION: THEORY AND CRITICISM AFTER STRUCTURALISM. By Jonathan Culler. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1982; pp. 307. Paper $8.95.

FEROCIOUS ALPHABETS. By Denis Donoghue. New York: Columbia University Press, 1984; pp. 211. Paper $7.95.

LITERARY THEORY: AN INTRODUCTION. By Terry Eagleton. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1983; pp. 244. Paper $9.95.

CRITICISM AND SOCIAL CHANGE. By Frank Lentricchia. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1983; pp. 173. $15.00.

REPRESENTING KENNETH BURKE. Edited by Hayden White and Margaret Brose. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1982; pp. 175. $14.95.

Notes

Portions of this essay were presented in a public lecture, “On Enthymemic Identification and Power,” for the Purdue Center for Humanistic Studies, March 14, 1984.