ABSTRACT This essay explores Romantic-era engagements with shorthand transcription as a way of representing the speaking body in text, especially in relation to the poet, radical orator, and teacher of elocution John Thelwall. With reference to projects in phonetic writing undertaken during the period by Benjamin Franklin, Erasmus Darwin, Thomas and Joseph Gurney, and others, I investigate the extent to which Thelwall characterized shorthand as a way of documenting an authentic and affective body and consider how the mediating role of the shorthand writer and their body complicates his claims for transcription as a direct record of spoken utterance.

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“心的抄本”：约翰·塞尔沃尔和浪漫时代的速记写作

摘要 本文探讨了浪漫时代将速记转录作为在文本中表示说话主体的一种方式，特别是与诗人、激进演说家和演讲老师约翰·塞尔沃尔的关系。参考本杰明·富兰克林、伊拉斯谟·达尔文、托马斯和约瑟夫·格尼等人在此期间进行的语音写作项目，我调查了 Thelwall 将速记描述为记录真实和情感身体的一种方式的程度，并考虑了速记作者的角色和他们的身体使他将转录作为口头话语的直接记录的主张变得复杂。