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Delsarte System of Oratory

by Delaumosne

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Part Second Gesture.

Chapter I. Of Gesture in General

Chapter II. Definition and Division of Gesture.

Gesture is the Direct Agent of the Heart--Gesture is the Interpreter of Speech--Gesture is an Elliptical Language

Chapter III. Origin and Oratorical Value of Gesture

Chapter IV. The Laws of Gesture.

The Priority of Gesture to Speech--Retroaction--Opposition of Agents--Number of Gestures--Duration of Gesture--The Rhythm of Gesture--Importance of the Laws of Gesture

Chapter V. Of Gesture in Particular.

The Head--Movements of the head: The Normal State, The Eccentric State, The Concentric State--Of the Eyes--Of the Eyebrows

Chapter VI. Of The Torso.

The Chest--The Shoulders.

Chapter VII. Of The Limbs.

The Arms--Inflections of the Forearm--Of the Elbow--Of the Wrist--Of the Hand: The Digital Face, The Back Face, The Palmar Face--Of the Fingers--Of the Legs.

Chapter VIII. Of the Semeiotic, or the Reason of Gesture.

The Types which Characterize Gesture--Of Gesture Relative to its Modifying Apparatus

Chapter IX. Of Gesture in Relation to the Figures Which Represent It.

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