muspeccoll: Reading lessons in the nineteenth century included instruction in elocution, or the art

muspeccoll: Reading lessons in the nineteenth century included instruction in elocution, or the art
muspeccoll: Reading lessons in the nineteenth century included instruction in elocution, or the art
muspeccoll: Reading lessons in the nineteenth century included instruction in elocution, or the art
muspeccoll: Reading lessons in the nineteenth century included instruction in elocution, or the art

muspeccoll: Reading lessons in the nineteenth century included instruction in elocution, or the art of oratory.  And it wasn’t something you got to do sitting down - it looks like it was quite a workout! These gifs came from a series of images in Sanders’ school speaker: a comprehensive course of instruction in the principles of oratory (New York, 1863).  It’s part of the Historic Textbook Collection.  The illustrations demonstrate standard rhetorical gestures that correspond to various attitudes and emotional states, including a “positive assertion,” an “earnest exhortation,” an “indignant appeal,” and “rapturous delight.”  Can you tell which is which? -Kelli Hansen -- source link


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