It's the opening sentence of "The Nature of Form," in "Lexicon Rhetoricae" in _Counter-Statement_. Its action was to move form from the (object) realm of text to the (human) realm of psychology, hence to make it a crucial aspect of symbolic action. Later psycholinguistic theories of reading (such notions as anticipation, closure) seem to me to parallel and confirm Burke's action in these sentences. Rick At 04:00 PM 2/22/99 -0800, you wrote: >A semi-urgent request: can anyone out there (Rick?) give me >the citation information for Kenneth Burke's famous definition >of form as "an arousing and fulfillment of desires. A work has >form in so far as one part of it leads a reader to anticipate >another part, to be gratified by the sequence." If you can't >find the quotation, I guess it's still worthwhile putting up >on the net to read again, eh? >Sorry to clutter your screens. Will > > < < W.F. Garrett-Petts > > > > English & Modern Languages ._______ > UCC, 900 McGill Rd | \ / | Voice: (250) 828-5248 > Box 3010, Kamloops B.C. --|.O.|.O.|______. FAX: (250) 371-5697 > B.C. V2C 5N3 Canada.__).-| = | = |/ \ | E-mail: [log in to unmask] > >__) (.'---`.)Q.|.Q.|--. http://www.cariboo.bc.ca > \\___// = | = |-.(__ > `---'( .---. ) (__< > \\.-.// > `---' > < < Writing is a Performance Art > > >