The UVic Writer's Guide
Voice
Voice refers to the controlling presence or "authorial voice" behind
the characters, narrators, and personae of literature. It is also described as the implied author. The particular qualities of the author's voice are manifested
by her or his method of expression (an ironic narrator, a lyric
persona), specific language, and so forth. (See also persona, tone, point of view.)
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1995
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