Comments on: Ekphrastic poetry http://www.teachingcollegeenglish.com/2012/04/23/ekphrastic-poetry/ the glory and the challenges Mon, 20 May 2013 23:15:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Dr Davis http://www.teachingcollegeenglish.com/2012/04/23/ekphrastic-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-5791 Dr Davis Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:28:41 +0000 http://www.teachingcollegeenglish.com/?p=11466#comment-5791 Elizabeth E, Glad to know you are still around. I’ve been swamped with new preps and haven’t always been writing.

Ekphrastic came into use in the 1990s, I believe. I am not sure why.

]]> By: Elizabeth E. http://www.teachingcollegeenglish.com/2012/04/23/ekphrastic-poetry/comment-page-1/#comment-5790 Elizabeth E. Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:14:53 +0000 http://www.teachingcollegeenglish.com/?p=11466#comment-5790 I’ve always heard it used as “ekphratic” poetry, when the word is used as an adjective. I think the use of ekphrasis is the noun, and therefore would need no other noun. See http://www.figuresandforms.com/FFblog/blogs/blog1.php/2010/07/18/ekphrasis-ekphratic. I don’t know the origin of the word “ekphrastic” as I can’t find any info on it (but haven’t yet checked the weighty tome of my Oxford Dictionary–too much grading to do today to pull it out!)

P.S. I’ve been lurking lately–not comenting–but have enjoyed a lot of your recent posts.

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