Voices on Voice: Perspectives, Definitions, Inquiry (Book Review)

[Extract] "Voice" is a much disputed term of particular significance in the study of literature and composition. In Voices on Voice, Yancey provides the reader with a collection of seventeen essays that show what voice means to various writers - what it is and how it relates to the self, to specific discourse communities, to pedagogy, and to culture. As an inquiry into voice, into the ways the metaphor is used and understood, the appeal of the book stems from its success in representing points of agreement and points of intersection.