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(5 pp) John Ashbery is the only American poet to
win all three major annual literary prizes - the
Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle
Award, and the National Book Award - for one book
Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. This is the
book which will play the primary role in this
discussion. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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role in this discussion. Bibliography lists 4 sources. BBashbry.doc SELF-PORTRAIT IN A CONVEX MIRROR John Ashberry (1976)
Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc., November 2000 Introduction John Ashbery is the only American poet to win all three major annual literary prizes -
the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the National Book Award - for one book Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror. This is the book which will
play the primary role in this discussion. The Poet Ashberry is the author of sixteen books of poetry as well as books of art criticism, a collection of plays, and
one novel. His first book which brought him critical acclaim was Some Trees which was selected by W.H. Auden for the Yale Younger Poets Prize in 1956.Ashbery is most
known for the seeming inaccessability of much of his work. His poems often contain sudden shifts in subject, strong imagery and use of rhythm. Much of his poetry relates to
art for he was an art critic for ten years. The Work -from Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror (1975) The consonance of
the High Renaissance Is present, though distorted by the mirror. What is novel
is the extreme care in rendering The velleities of the rounded reflecting surface
(It is the first mirror portrait). So that you could he fooled for a moment
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