Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: W.S. Graham approaches to how you behave. Speaking To You ; Occupied Territory ; Read Me if You Dare: Address and Misbehaviour.
  • Part 2: C.H. Sisson to the public: national orientations. The Words of a Myriad: Orientation and Avoidance ; Sweet Rose of England: Public Bodies ; Old Authentic Words: You, Them & Us.
  • Part 3: Geoffrey Hill ceremonies of speech. Oppositional Principles ; Just Concessions: Conviction, Persuasion, Coercion ; Antiphonal Heckling ; Civil Invitations: Common Readers.
  • Part 4: Don Paterson on the money. Address and Lyric Commerce.