How Long to Read Gilbert Austin's "Chironomia" Revisited

How Long Does it Take to Read Gilbert Austin's "Chironomia" Revisited?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 1 minute to read Gilbert Austin's "Chironomia" Revisited by Sara Newman

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This first book-length study of Irish educator, clergyman, and author Gilbert Austin as an elocutionary rhetor investigates how his work informs contemporary scholarship on delivery, rhetorical history and theory, and embodied communication. Authors Sara Newman and Sigrid Streit study Austin’s theoretical system, outlined in his 1806 book Chironomia; or A Treatise on Rhetorical Delivery—an innovative study of gestures as a viable, independent language—and consider how Austin’s efforts to incorporate movement and integrate texts and images intersect with present-day interdisciplinary studies of embodiment. Austin did not simply categorize gesture mechanically, separating delivery from rhetoric and the discipline’s overall goals, but instead he provided a theoretical framework of written descriptions and illustrations that positions delivery as central to effective rhetoric and civic interactions. Balancing the variable physical elements of human interactions as well as the demands of communication, Austin’s system fortuitously anticipated contemporary inquiries into embodied and nonverbal communication. Enlightenment rhetoricians, scientists, and physicians relied on sympathy and its attendant vivacious and lively ideas to convey feelings and facts to their varied audiences. During the seventeenth and eighteenth-centuries, as these disciplines formed increasingly distinct, specialized boundaries, they repurposed existing, shared communication conventions to new ends. While the emerging standards necessarily diverged, each was grounded in the subjective, embodied bedrock of the sympathetic, magical tradition.

How long is Gilbert Austin's "Chironomia" Revisited?

Gilbert Austin's "Chironomia" Revisited by Sara Newman is 236 pages long, and a total of 60,416 words.

This makes it 80% the length of the average book. It also has 74% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Gilbert Austin's "Chironomia" Revisited Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 30 minutes to read Gilbert Austin's "Chironomia" Revisited aloud.

What Reading Level is Gilbert Austin's "Chironomia" Revisited?

Gilbert Austin's "Chironomia" Revisited is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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