On Voice in Poetry: The Work of Animation (Language, Discourse, Society)

What Do We Mean By 'voice' In Poetry? In This Work, David Nowell Smith Teases Out The Diverse Meanings Of 'voice' - From A Poem's Soundworld To The Rhetorical Gestures Through Which Poems Speak To Us - To Embark On A Philosophical Exploration Of The Concept Of Voice Itself. His Study Encompasses Renaissance Lyrics And Concrete Poetry, Analyses Of Metre And Discussions Of Technological Treatments Of Voice, And Radical And Far-reaching Readings Of Augustine, Baudelaire, Derrida, Hopkins And Kristeva Alongside Contemporary Poets Such As Sean Bonney, Lisa Robertson, And John Wilkinson. It Places Voice At The Crux Of Debates Including Political Representation Through Rhythm And Melody, The 'origin' Of Languages And The Psychology Of Language Acquisition. Throughout, This Informs A Reflection On How Sounds Come To Have Meaning, And On The Ways In Which We Articulate Ourselves As Subjects-- Machine Generated Contents Note: -- Acknowledgementsvoice In Poetry: Opening Up A Concept1. A Natural Scale2. Vibration And Difference3. Turnings Of The Breath4. 'the Multitudinous Tongue'5. Getting The Measure Of Voicebibliography. David Nowell Smith, Lecturer In Literature, University Of East Anglia, Uk. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. What do we mean by 'voice' in poetry? In this work, David Nowell Smith teases out the diverse meanings of 'voice', from a poem's soundworld to the rhetorical gestures through which poems speak to us, in order to embark on a philosophical exploration of the concept of voice itself. What do we mean by 'voice' in poetry? In this work, David Nowell Smith teases out the diverse meanings of 'voice' - from a poem's soundworld to the rhetorical gestures through which poems speak to us - to embark on a philosophical exploration of the concept of voice itself. His study encompasses renaissance lyrics and concrete poetry, analyses of metre and discussions of technological treatments of voice, and radical and far-reaching readings of Augustine, Baudelaire, Derrida, Hopkins and Kristeva alongside contemporary poets such as Sean Bonney, Lisa Robertson, and John Wilkinson. It places voice at the crux of debates including political representation through rhythm and melody, the 'origin' of languages and the psychology of language acquisition. Throughout, this informs a reflection on how sounds come to have meaning, and on the ways in which we articulate ourselves as subjects "What do we mean by 'voice' in poetry? In this work, David Nowell Smith teases out the diverse meanings of 'voice' - from a poem's soundworld to the rhetorical gestures through which poems speak to us - to embark on a philosophical exploration of the concept of voice itself. His study encompasses renaissance lyrics and concrete poetry, analyses of metre and discussions of technological treatments of voice, and radical and far-reaching readings of Augustine, Baudelaire, Derrida, Hopkins and Kristeva alongside contemporary poets such as Sean Bonney, Lisa Robertson, and John Wilkinson. It places voice at the crux of debates including political representation through rhythm and melody, the 'origin' of languages and the psychology of language acquisition. Throughout, this informs a reflection on how sounds come to have meaning, and on the ways in which we articulate ourselves as subjects"-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-viii Introduction Voice in Poetry: Opening up a Concept....Pages 1-14 A Natural Scale....Pages 15-47 Vibration and Difference....Pages 48-76 Turnings of the Breath....Pages 77-104 ‘The Multitudinous Tongue’....Pages 105-136 Getting the Measure of Voice....Pages 137-162 Back Matter....Pages 163-202