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