William H. Rueckert's landmark1963 study, Kenneth Burke and the Drama of Human Relations, is oftencredited with bringing the field of Burke studies into existence. Here, Rueckerthas gathered his "encounters" with Burke over the past thirty years--briefttalks, position papers, rethinking and reformation of earlier ideas, and detailedanalyses of individual texts--into one volume that offers readers the best ofBurkean criticism.