The National Fifth Reader Containing A Complete And Practical Treatise On Elocution

Author : Richard Greene Parker
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780259388142
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (881 download)

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Download or read book The National Fifth Reader written by Richard Greene Parker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-05-16 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The National Fifth Reader: Containing a Complete and Practical Treatise on Elocution; Select and Classified Exercises in Reading and Declamation; With Biographical Sketches, and Copious Notes; Adapted to the Use of Students in Literature In order that the student may still more thoroughly understand what he reads, and for the convenience of that large class of readers who have not leisure to peruse voluminous memoirs of distinguished men, and yet would be unwilling to forego all knowledge of them, we have introduced concise Biographical Sketches of authors from whose works extracts have been selected, and of persons whose names occur in the Reading Exercises. These sketches, presenting a clear and distinct outline of the life, and producing a clear and distinct impression of the Character, furnish an amount of useful and available information rarely surpassed by memoirs of greater extent and pretension. Lists of the names of authors, both alphabetical and chronological, have also been introduced, thus rendering this a convenient text book for students in English and American Literature. The improvements made in the revision of this work are numerous and important. The Treatise on Elocution has been carefully elabora ted, involving the introduction of phonetic exercises, a more critical orthoepical notation, and many most apt and interesting examples for illustration. Several of these examples under each section are left un marked, thus affording students opportunities to exercise their judg ment, taste, and discrimination. The collection of Reading Lessons has been greatly improved by judicious omissions, and the substitution of new dialogues, ballads, dramatic lyrics, and other rhetorical pieces that are more varied and inspiriting, and better adapted to elocutionary readings, both public and private. The classification of these lessons is more systematic and thorough than that ever before attempted in any corresponding work. They are divided into formal sections, in each of which only one lead ing subject is treated, or one important element of Elocution rendered prominent. All practical Ame are furnished by more copious notes, new indexes, etc. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.