This is also true of Homer, whose stories were meant to be shouted out to a large crowd. A much later and much more obscure American writer, R. A. Lafferty, wa

This is also true of Homer, whose stories were meant to be shouted out to a large crowd. A much later and much more obscure American writer, R. A. Lafferty, was deeply influenced by ancient Greek poetry and philosophy, and his prose is better understood if you think of it as being read loud to a large crowd.