Kenneth Burke’s 1939 essay, “Rhetoric of Hitler’s ‘Battle,’” is brilliant. For reasons I don’t understand, however, Burke didn’t give page numbers on his quotes. I had a hard time finding the page numbers, since he’s using a different translation from the one generally considered authoritative (by Ralph Manheim).[1]
I spent way too much time today trying to find the quotes in the Manheim translation, in order to give them page numbers and cite them correctly (since I intend to use that translation). I thought it might be helpful for other rhetoric folks to have the correct pages—to save y’all some time.
Burke 192: “The geo-political importance of a center….a hand that represents this unity.” (Manheim 347)
Burke 193: “As a whole, and at all times…bitterness against the attackers.” (Manheim 118)
Burke 197: “The more I argued with them….began to hate them.” (Manheim 62)
Burke 198: “This was the time in which…fanatical anti-Semite.” (Manheim 64)
Burke 212: [His discussion of Hitler’s tendency to provoke communists.] (Manheim 483-485)
Burke 212n: “Here, too, one can learn….blind adherence.” (Manheim 458-9)
[1] The Manheim translation came out in 1943, so this isn’t a criticism of Burke.