Timothy Gura is Emeritus Professor in the Department of Speech Communication Arts and Sciences at Brooklyn College, CUNY, in the USA.Benjamin Powell is Associate Professor of Speech, Communications, and Theatre Arts at City University of New York Borough of Manhattan Community College, in the USA.

As an instructor for Oral Interpretation of Literature courses, I find Routledge’s publication of the Oral Interpretation text an outstanding resource. While the text guides those new to oral interpretation, I have seen growth with students at various levels of experience with oral interpretation practices. I also teach acting courses and love how techniques relate very well to similar performance styles. I highly recommend this book.-Keone K. Fuqua, William Carey University, USA

• ContentsWhy Do You Need This New Edition?To the Student To the Instructor PART ONE: Basic Principles chapter one A Beginning and an End chapter two Analyzing the Selection chapter three Voice Development for Oral Interpretation chapter four Use of the Body in Oral Interpretation PART TWO: Interpretation of Prose chapter five Prose: Style, Types, Nonfiction chapter six Prose: Narration PART THREE: Interpretation of Drama chapter seven Drama: Structure and Solo Performance chapter eight Technique and Solo Performance of Drama PART FOUR: Interpretation of Poetry chapter nine Language of Poetry chapter ten Structure of PoetryPART FIVE: Group Performance chapter eleven Group Performance of Literatureappendix a Building and Presenting a Program appendix b A Brief History of Theories of Interpretation Acknowledgments Subject Index Author and Selection Index