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