A prominent intellectual in New York literary circles beginning in the 1920's, Burke was a poet, essayist, reviewer, novelist, translator, social commentator, and writer of short stories. His ever-fertile writings, collected in more than fifteen books, have made his name a byword in literary theory, history, economics, linguistics, dramaturgy, rhetoric, and much else. ... A perfectionist might seek to evolve terms free of ambiguity and inconsistency .In the world that we live in; it is astonishing to say that society does not strive to be perfect. ... And our remarks on the scene-act rati...

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