1st Edition

Poetry and the Physical Voice

By Francis Berry Copyright 1962
218 Pages
by Routledge

218 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1962, Poetry and the Physical Voice is a companion volume to author’s Poets’ Grammar and its conclusions might well be related to his own recently published collection, Morant Bay and Other Poems. An enquiry as to how far the fact- that poetry is vocal sound- was modified by the invention of printing. The eye-perusal of some kinds of prose, and even of verse, is one... Read more

Preface Part I: Introductory 1. Problems of Hearing and Saying 2. Voice and Language 3. The Voice in Time Part II: Particular Voices 4. The Voice of Tennyson 5. The Voice of Shelley 6. The Voice of Milton Part III: Poetic Dramatist and Dramatic Poet 7. Shakespeare's Voice and the Voices of His Instruments 8. The Voice of Marlowe Part IV: Some Recent Voices and Conclusion 9. Some Recent Voices 10. Conclusion Index

Biography

Francis Berry