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PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

THE ART OF RECITATION AND DECLAMATION

            LECTURE I (Dornach, 29 September 1920)

            LECTURE II (Dornach, 6 October 1920)

            LECTURE III (Dornach, 13 October 1920)

DECLINE AND RE-EDIFICATION: A Speech-Study by Marie Steiner

POETRY AND THE ART OF SPEECH (Dornach, 6 April 1921)

FROM WHAT HAS SIGNIFICANCE FOR THE SENSES TO WHAT IS MOVED BY THE SPIRIT: A Note by Marie Steiner

SPEECH-FORMATION AND POETIC FORM (Darmstadt, 30 July 1922)

POETRY AND RECITATION (Vienna, 7 June 1922)

THE UTTERING OF SYLLABLES AND THE SPEAKING OF WORDS

            THE SYLLABLE: QUANTITY, METRE AND WEIGHT (Stuttgart, 29 March 1923)

            THE INTERACTION OF BREATHING AND BLOOD-CIRCULATION (Stuttgart, 29 March 1923)

            THE ALLITERATION AND TERMINAL RHYME: THE PRIMAL STATE OF INNOCENCE              AND THE FALL OF MAN (Stuttgart, 29 March 1923)

NOTES BY THE TRANSLATORS