College English Nov 2007

Reconsiderations: Voice in Writing Again: Embracing Contraries

Peter Elbow

Abstract

“Voice” is no longer a hot term in composition journals. Yet it continues to deserve scholarly attention, in part because it is still often referred to in classrooms and seems applicable to new forms of electronic communication. At the same time, we should avoid taking an either/or stand on the usefulness of “voice” as a term. This is a case where we should embrace contraries, by advocating concepts of “voice” on certain occasions and resisting the term on others.

Journal
College English
Published
2007-11-01
DOI
10.58680/ce20076342
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voice and style digital rhetoric
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