Wordsworth’s Acoustics: Sound Before the Echo of the Sense – Felix Duperrier
Listening is one of the most fundamental modes of relationality. By listening, one comes into contact with one’s environment, allowing oneself to engage with, and even be changed by, one’s environment. In his poems of listening, William Wordsworth probes the complex nature of auditory experiences. Wordsworth’s encounters with song, sounds, and voices offer ways...