Talking the Walk & Walking the Talk: A Rhetoric of Rhythm

by Marc Shell

Book Overview

This book argues that we should regard walking and talking in a single rhythmic vision. In doing so, it contributes to the theory of prosody, our understanding of respiration and looking, and, in sum, to the particular links, across the board, between the human characteristics of bipedal walking and meaningful talk.

The author first introduces the philosophical, neurological, anthropological, and aesthetic aspects of the subject in historical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0823256839
• ISBN13: 9780823256839
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"