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118,000 hits on google P:-) -----Original Message----- From: Poetryetc: poetry and poetics [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Nathan Hondros Sent: 28 May 2008 15:25 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Newsflash The magic of internet. Little evidence of the word "ekphrasis" in most dictionaries, but it has its own website. http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~clark9/ekphrasis/index.html Other info: shorter OED says it's more usually spelled "ecphrasis", meaning "A lucid, self-contained explanation or description". On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Patrick McManus < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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'In 1888 the O.E.D said that 'avant-garde' had been replaced by the 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 > -- http://nathanhondros.blogspot.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.24.1/1469 - Release Date: 5/27/2008 1:25 PM