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Mark Dery Born to Be Posthumous (Hardback)
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- Book Title
- Born to Be Posthumous : the Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey
- Publication Name
- Born to Be Posthumous
- Title
- Born to Be Posthumous
- Subtitle
- The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey
- Format
- Hardcover
- ISBN-10
- 0316188549
- EAN
- 9780316188548
- ISBN
- 9780316188548
- Publisher
- Little Brown & Company
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Art
- Topic
- Individual Artists / Artists' Books, Literary, Artists, Architects, Photographers
- Release Year
- 2018
- Release Date
- 06/11/2018
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1.8in
- Item Length
- 9.5in
- Item Width
- 6.5in
- Item Weight
- 27.6 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Number of Pages
- 512 Pages
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The definitive biography of Edward Gorey, the eccentric master of macabre nonsense. From The Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest , Edward Gorey's wickedly funny and deliciously sinister little books have influenced our culture in innumerable ways, from the works of Tim Burton and Neil Gaiman to Lemony Snicket. Some even call him the Grandfather of Goth. But who was this man, who lived with over twenty thousand books and six cats, who roomed with Frank O'Hara at Harvard, and was known--in the late 1940s, no less--to traipse around in full-length fur coats, clanking bracelets, and an Edwardian beard? An eccentric, a gregarious recluse, an enigmatic auteur of whimsically morbid masterpieces, yes--but who was the real Edward Gorey behind the Oscar Wildean pose? He published over a hundred books and illustrated works by Samuel Beckett, T.S. Eliot, Edward Lear, John Updike, Charles Dickens, Hilaire Belloc, Muriel Spark, Bram Stoker, Gilbert & Sullivan, and others. At the same time, he was a deeply complicated and conflicted individual, a man whose art reflected his obsessions with the disquieting and the darkly hilarious. Based on newly uncovered correspondence and interviews with personalities as diverse as John Ashbery, Donald Hall, Lemony Snicket, Neil Gaiman, and Anna Sui, BORN TO BE POSTHUMOUS draws back the curtain on the eccentric genius and mysterious life of Edward Gorey.
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Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316188549
ISBN-13
9780316188548
eBay Product ID (ePID)
248291171
Product Key Features
Book Title
Born to Be Posthumous : the Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Individual Artists / Artists' Books, Literary, Artists, Architects, Photographers
Publication Year
2018
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Art
Number of Pages
512 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.8in
Item Width
6.5in
Item Weight
27.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps3557.O753z57 2018
Reviews
"The best biographies are the result of a perfect match between author and subject, and it's relatively rare when the two align perfectly. But that's the case with Born to Be Posthumous --Dery shares Gorey's arch sense of humor, and shows real sympathy for his sui generis outlook and aesthetics. Dery's book is smart, exhaustive, and an absolute joy to read... the biography [Gorey] has long deserved."-- NPR, "Edward Gorey has been granted the most remarkable biography, one I believe he could have lived with. What was the likelihood that this singular genius could be restored, with such compassion and grace, within his whole context: Balanchine, surrealism, Frank O'Hara, Lady Murasaki, et al? This is a Dery Gorey book."-- Jonathan Lethem
Copyright Date
2018
Lccn
2018-941034
Dewey Decimal
700.92
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
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