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Whyte, Malcolm, 1933- author.
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Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000 -- Themes, motives.
Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000 -- Criticism and interpretation.
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States.
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Gorey secrets : artistic and literary inspirations behind divers books by Edward Gorey / Malcolm Whyte ; foreword by Peter F. Neumeyer.
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Whyte, Malcolm, 1933- author.
Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, [2021]
Subjects
Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000 -- Themes, motives.
Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000 -- Criticism and interpretation.
American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States.
ISBN:
9781496831552 (hardcover)
1496831551 (hardcover)
Description:
xv, 159 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Contents:
Foreword / by Peter F. Neumeyer -- The gilded bat and The lavender leotard -- The lost lions -- The Gashlycrumb tinies -- The Awdrey-Gore legacy -- The eclectic abecedarium -- The beastly baby -- E. D. Ward, a mercurial bear -- The loathsome couple -- The tunnel calamity -- The stupid joke -- The glorious nosebleed -- The pious infant -- Jack the Giant-Killer -- Rumpelstiltskin -- The iron tonic -- The curious sofa -- The floating elephant/The dancing rock -- The hapless child -- The Jumblies and The Dong with a luminous nose -- The object lesson -- Le mélange funeste and The dripping faucet -- Dracula: a toy theatre.
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"Edward Gorey (1925-2000) was a prolific author and artist. Of the one hundred delightful and fascinating books that Gorey wrote and illustrated, he rarely revealed their specific inspirations or their meanings. Where did his intriguing ideas come from? In Gorey Secrets: Artistic and Literary Inspirations behind Divers Books by Edward Gorey, Malcolm Whyte utilizes years of thorough research to tell an engrossing, revealing story about Gorey's unique works. Exploring a sampling of Gorey's eclectic writings, from The Beastly Baby and The Iron Tonic to The Curious Sofa and Dracula, Whyte uncovers influences of Herman Melville, Agatha Christie, Edward Lear, the I Ching, William Hogarth, Rene Magritte, Hokusai, French cinema, early toy books, eighteenth-century religious tracts for children, and much more. With an enlightening preface by Gorey collaborator and scholar Peter F. Neumeyer, Gorey Secrets brings important, uncharted insight into the genius of Edward Gorey and is a welcome addition to collections of both the seasoned Gorey reader and those who are just discovering his captivating books"-- Provided by publisher.
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Hawaii State Library
Art, Music & Recreation
709.2 Wh
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Kaimuki Public Library
Adult Nonfiction
709.2 Wh
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10/01/2024
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