Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror Ivo van Stijtem This translation presents it as

This translation presents it as an attempt - in the aftermath of the Trojan War - to remember people's names and lives without the use of writing

It seeks new expressions of desire and modes of breath

Nietzsche streefde - minstens vanaf zijn jaren als student in de filologie - naar iets dat voorbij de discursieve taal ligt

raising interior operations to the surface while presenting an antithesis to mimetic construction

allowing readers to imagine new ways of processing their own world

Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror Ivo van Stijtem This translation presents it asJohn Ashbery Self Portrait in a Convex Mirror was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, a National Book Award and the National Book Critics' Circle Award. The long title poem, a meditation on Parmigianino's famous self portrait, has become Ashbery's best known poem. It is accompanied here by a number of shorter pieces playful, witty, elusive. The collection remains one of the most significant poetic achievements of our time.