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ISBN. 0-14-058668-7. Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror is a 1975 poetry collection by the American writer John Ashbery. The title, shared with its final poem, comes from the painting of the same name by the Late Renaissance artist Parmigianino.
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Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror by John Ashbery: the...
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Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. By John Ashbery. JSTOR and the Poetry Foundation are collaborating to digitize, preserve, and extend access to Poetry. Source: Poetry (August 1974) Browse all issues back to 1912.
Photo portrait of Ashbery from the dust jacket of his 1975 poetry collection Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. Ashbery was born in Rochester, [8] New York, the son of Helen (née Lawrence), a biology teacher, and Chester Frederick Ashbery, a farmer. [9] . He was raised on a farm near Lake Ontario; his brother died when they were children. [10] .
Há 2 dias · Published in 1975 and named for the Parmagianino painting in which the artist paints a distorted version of himself, Ashbery's collection Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the National Book Award.
Summary. ‘ Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror ‘ by John Ashbery is a poem about the limitations of self-portraiture, inspired by the painting of the same name by Parmigianino. The convex mirror distorts the image, reflecting the artist’s sense of self-awareness and the elusiveness of the self.
INTRODUCTION. Written in a style often described as verbal expressionism, “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror” is the title poem in the collection for which John Ashbery won a Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award, and a National Book Critics Circle Award, all in 1976.
