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Not exactly an easy word to find in the dictionaries!! P :-) -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nathan Hondros Sent: 28 May 2008 01:59 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Newsflash "Ekphrastic". What a wonderful word. Thanks, Barry. On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 10:01 PM, Barry Alpert <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Nevertheless. when I witnessed Michael Palmer consistently using "vanguard" > during his Lannan > Foundation / Georgetown University seminar presentation, it sounded so odd > coming from an > american's mouth that I asked a public question about his choice of > diction. Since 1977 I've used > "Vanguard Phenomena" as an umbrella term (on the door of my rare book, art, > & vinyl shop in > Georgetown and on eBay, for example), and I enjoy the varied responses to > it--most often, "You > specialize in science fiction?" Am awaiting reaction to my newly-revised > formulation "Vanguard & > Ekphrastic Phenomena". > > Barry Alpert > > > On Mon, 26 May 2008 16:41:50 +0100, David Bircumshaw < > [log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > >'In 1888 the O.E.D said that 'avant-garde' had been replaced by the > >aphetic form 'vanguard', and had become archaic or obsolete. The 1933 > >Supp. did not disturb this view.' > > > >Fowler (revised Gowers) 1965. > -- http://nathanhondros.blogspot.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.24.1/1468 - Release Date: 5/26/2008 3:23 PM