On 30 Dec 2008, at 17:48, [log in to unmask] wrote:
> both have the style of a bard in a meadhall or a druid chanting a
> spell
yes
seems to me if one is reading out loud one's voice must have a quality
- and that quality is best to be a natural affectation - but it is a
choice
WCW looks nice on the page but sounds limp when he reads
when Stein reads she brightens what is on the page
i once got myself dissed on the near defunct UC Davis Stein list for
suggesting that she Henry James and WC Fields all shared a sense of
juicy delivery
i never read the Cantos - perfect time to start