>Absurd to
>suppose that the printed page can create a voice? I don't think so,
>especially not after reading Eric Griffiths's *The Printed Voice of
>Victorian Poetry* (OUO, 1989).
writes John Leonard.
I have not read Eric Griffiths's book, so I ask the following question in
ignorance. Can you briefly describe Milton's voice, and contrast it with
Spenser's? (Sounds like an undergraduate assignment.)
"Printed voice" sounds oxymoronic -- to me. Isn't there a difference
between hearing and seeing? The voice that I hear in my brain when reading
Spenser may not be the voice that you hear. In fact, I'd venture to bet a
dollar that it isn't.
Yours, Bill Godshalk
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