tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post3593315204825740256..comments2024-01-18T05:29:43.265-05:00Comments on The Music In It: Adele Kenny's Poetry Blog: Poetry Prompt #38 - Clichéd PhrasesADELE KENNYhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-45495698137794128042011-01-08T13:37:49.179-05:002011-01-08T13:37:49.179-05:00Thanks, James Royer for your comment and for the V...Thanks, James Royer for your comment and for the Vendler quote re Ashbery's use of clichés. <br /><br />No worries about using "anonymous." Several blog readers didn't want to go the Google route and do exactly what you did. Your comments are always welcome.ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-52069488826984923422011-01-08T13:33:35.813-05:002011-01-08T13:33:35.813-05:00Thanks, Bob for the link to The Dictionary of Clic...Thanks, Bob for the link to The Dictionary of Clichés by James Rogers. I think that's the book Bob Rosenbloom lent me a while ago. Great fun!ADELE KENNYhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556261298519747516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-58516788119558139632011-01-08T10:34:30.496-05:002011-01-08T10:34:30.496-05:00This prompt interests me and reminds me of the cli...This prompt interests me and reminds me of the cliches in John Asbery's poems. There do seem to be many of them, but they seem to be used deliberately, sometimes elegantly. While cliches are pitfalls for most poets, Ashbery turns them into a kind of art.<br /><br />Here's what Helen Vendler wrote in "John Ashbery, Toying with Words":<br /><br />"Overturning clichés is another familiar Ashberian game: we’re not startled when someone says “King Alfonso of Spain,” but we are when we hear “Alphonse I of Bemidji.” The bane of language, for Ashbery as for Flaubert, is the “received idea” — the idea everyone mouths and takes for granted. Even after the received idea has been overturned (say, by a war), the agents of cliché immediately try to restore it."<br /><br /><br />P.S. I don't have and don't really want a Google account to sign in with, so please forgive the "anonymous." My name is James Royer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6272430209314356497.post-8755714765941112552011-01-08T10:16:45.175-05:002011-01-08T10:16:45.175-05:00FYI - An Interesting Book
The Dictionary of Clich...FYI - An Interesting Book<br /><br />The Dictionary of Clichés by James Rogers <br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0517060205/gemotrack9-20/ref=nosimbob.fiorellinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05467645651262666895noreply@blogger.com