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The American Wooden Ear

on BBC Radio 3

Donald Wesling argues against the case recently put in The Times Literary Supplement that 'Americans cannot read poetry aloud.' He notes a kind of English literary imperialism in this attitude to 'the American wooden ear.' On the contrary, Mr Wesling believes that it is the British ear which is wooden when it fails to hear how skilfully the best recent American poetry controls its tone and rhythm.

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Donald Wesling

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