Poem of the week: 'Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror' by.
John Lawrence Ashbery is an American poet. He has published more than twenty volumes of poetry and won nearly every major American award for poetry, including a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his collection Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. But Ashbery's work still proves controversial.
The full book of poems, one stanza at a time. I won't comment; I'll just post a stanza a day. Ideally, people will interpret the poem, but it's ok if not. I'm posting in the general philosophy category because I think this book fits that. Posting around 10pm tonight, but going forward, I'll post.
John Ashbery's most renowned collection of poetry -- Winner of The Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award First released in 1975, Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirroris today regarded as one of the most important collections of poetry published in the last fifty years.
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror Excerpt (first 57 lines) from Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (1975) As Parmigianino did it, the right hand Bigger than the head, thrust at the viewer And swerving easily away, as though to protect What it advertises.
Essentially a meditation on Francesco Parmigianino’s painting “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror,” the long title poem showcases the influence of visual art on Ashbery’s style, as well as introducing one of his major subjects: the nature of the creative act, particularly as it applies to the writing of poetry.
Biography John Ashbery (1927- ) American. John Ashbery has been considered a poet of the New York avant-garde since the release of his collection of poems Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror in 1975. The book in our collection is a deluxe special edition print done by Arion Press of the title poem from that book, and is accompanied by prints from eight artists in tribute to Ashbery.
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