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Ascending Peculiarity

Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

By Edward Gorey

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| Hardcover | 9780151005048

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A vivid self-portrait in words of one of the great American
artists of the twentieth century. Designed to appeal to Gorey lovers as well as
those seeking an introduction to his work, Ascending Peculiarity includes reproductions of previously unpublished drawings and photographs. Edited by KaContinue

A vivid self-portrait in words of one of the great American
artists of the twentieth century. Designed to appeal to Gorey lovers as well as
those seeking an introduction to his work, Ascending Peculiarity includes reproductions of previously unpublished drawings and photographs. Edited by Karen Wilkin.

Edward Gorey's extraordinary and disconcerting books are avidly sought and treasured throughout the world, but until now little has been known about the man himself. While he was notoriously protective of his privacy, Gorey did grant dozens of interviews over the course of his life. And as the conversations collected in this book demonstrate, he proved to be unfailingly charming, gracious, and fascinating.

Here is Gorey in his own words, ruminating on everything from French symbolist poetry to soap operas, from George Balanchine and the unique beauty of ballet to Victorian photographs of dead children. We meet the artist in his ramshackle book-lined studio in Manhattan and his equally bizarre house on Cape Cod. We listen as he describes his legendary upbringing and vast range of influences, as well as how he managed to work amid all his cats.


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  • Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey

    Nothing inspires fear in the hearts of readers quite the way poetry can. The hoary literary category is something most of us attend to only in school. But this holiday season, poetry gets a lift from the literature lovers at Sourcebooks, who have des ... (read full critics)

    bookpage published on Fri, 17 Sep 2010

  • In Goreyland

    When he died in 2000 at the age of seventy-five Edward Gorey was well known and widely treasured as a draftsman, a storyteller, an illustrator, a balletomane of long standing, a master of the educated book-jacket, and an inventor of images that were ... (read full critics)

    nybooks published on Fri, 27 Aug 2010

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  • My life would have been completely different if I had ever learned to draw.

    A very interesting overview of what Gorey called his "fake persona", which is in reality probably closer to the man than he supposed it to be. Through more than twenty-five years of interviews, we discover part of the background behind Gorey's apparently casual involvement that has made him one of t ... (continue)

    A very interesting overview of what Gorey called his "fake persona", which is in reality probably closer to the man than he supposed it to be. Through more than twenty-five years of interviews, we discover part of the background behind Gorey's apparently casual involvement that has made him one of the most original and interesting artists - though he always affirmed to consider him more of a writer than an illustrator - and we get to know his private and infinite obsessive likings, passions and influences, from Balanchine's ballet to Feuillade silent movies, from True Crime to Buster Keaton. We are brought to acknowledge his eccentricities from a more genuinely intimate perspective, through his opinionated views on various subjects, without losing connection with his work.

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 320 Pages
  • Edition: 1st ed
  • ISBN-10: 0151005044
  • ISBN-13: 9780151005048
  • Publisher: Harcourt
  • Pub date: Oct 09, 2001
  • Dimensions: 1548 mm x 1226 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback and School & Library Binding
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