Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey
Autor Mark Deryen Limba Engleză Hardback – 5 noi 2018
The
definitive
biography
of
Edward
Gorey,
the
eccentric
master
of
macabre
nonsense.
FromThe
Gashlycrumb
TiniestoThe
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
whowasthe
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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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316188548
ISBN-10: 0316188549
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 44 mm
Greutate: 0.79 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
ISBN-10: 0316188549
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 165 x 241 x 44 mm
Greutate: 0.79 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
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Notă biografică
Mark
Deryis
a
cultural
critic.
He
coined
the
term
"Afrofuturism,"
popularized
the
concept
of
"culture
jamming,"
taught
at
Yale
and
NYU,
and
has
published
widely
on
pop
culture,
the
media,
and
on
the
mythologies
(and
pathologies)
of
American
life.
His
books
includeFlame
Wars,
a
seminal
anthology
of
writings
on
digital
culture;Escape
Velocity:
Cyberculture
at
the
end
of
the
century,The
Pyrotechnic
Insanitarium:
American
Culture
on
the
Brink,
and
the
essay
collection,I
Must
Not
Think
Bad
Thoughts:
Drive-by
Essays
on
American
Dread,
American
Dreams.
Like
Gorey,
his
mission
in
life
"is
to
make
everybody
as
uneasy
as
possible."
Recenzii
One
of
the
Best
Books
of
the
Year:
NPR,The
Guardian,
Boston
Globe,Paste,
Mental
Floss,San
Francisco
Chronicle
"As a perfervid Goreyphile, I was a bit leery of a biography undertaking to spell out the details of his life. Did I really want to have the mystery solved? But Mark Dery drags the pond to revelatory result, contextualizing and analyzing Gorey, plunging into his obsessions, dissecting his sexuality, and even examining the philosophical import of nonsense while somehow managing to leave the central enigma radiantly intact. This is an absolutely riveting book about an utterly sui generis subject."—Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home
"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 withBorn to Be Posthumous--Dery shares Gorey's arch sense of humor, and shows real sympathy for hissui generisoutlook and aesthetics. Dery's book is smart, exhaustive, and an absolute joy to read... the biography [Gorey] has long deserved."—NPR
"A detailed, devoted, and highly readable biography of the illustrator who--from The Doubtful Guest to The Curious Sofa--defined and embodied a world of camp, gothic hilarity."—Ben Schott, The Guardian
"Smart and entertaining... brings us closer than ever to understanding a man devoted to enigmas."—Washington Post
"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
"Provocative... Dery makes a convincing case that Gorey was the true godfather of Goth, inspiring a generation of pop culture memento mori, from the IMAX-scale nightmares of Tim Burton... to the travails of Lemony Snicket... Dery has set the standard for a comprehensive appraisal of his legacy."—San Francisco Chronicle
"An entertaining account of an artist who liked to be coy with anybody who dared to write about him."—New York Times
"Gorey has found a superb biographer in Mark Dery... Some enigmas aren't meant to be solved--but they can be usefully illuminated. That's just what Dery does in this excellent book."—Seattle Times
"Ravishing...Dery portrays the man behind those odd little books that delighted in showing children in danger, blending Victorian and Surrealistic sensibilities; Gorey was a Harvard man, a balletomane, and ultimately, an enigma."—The Boston Globe
"Edward Gorey's ardent admirers have long known there is something about his work one can't quite pin down. Past all reason, Mark Dery has pinned it down. A genius book about a bookish genius."—Daniel Handler, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events
"Will delight the most devoted bibliophile... deeply-researched."—Globe and Mail
"That sense of our ultimate aloneness in the world makes Gorey's books as haunting as they are odd. Dery's affectionate tribute to an artist who was 'incomparably, unimprovably himself' also shows Gorey evoking in his work feelings of alienation, longing, and dread that are perhaps more common than we like to admit."—Boston Globe
"Mark Dery's deep, clear-eyed biography of Gorey is so welcome. He pulls at the disparate threads running through Gorey's art... and unearths the artist's gay identity."—NPR
"Writer and illustrator Gorey is more myth than man. But Mark Dery fleshes out the Grandfather of Goth in this new biography, and by doing so, he paints a picture of a fascinating man... Dery fills in the rest of the pieces with affection, admiration, and humor."—Paste
"Knowing Gorey's full story, done sparkling justice by Mark Dery, will only make you adore him more."—Caitlin Doughty, author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
"Well-considered... Cultural critic Dery constructs a nimble framework to fully appreciate the gothic artist and designer's contributions to high art and queer culture... The reclusive author and designer of such ghoulish gems asThe Doubtful Guestand the animated introduction to the PBS seriesMystery!comes fully alive, fur-coated and bejeweled, as an unlikely icon of the counterculture."—Kirkus
"Peculiar to a T, Gorey and his work are eccentric in the most congenial and appealing way, and cultural critic Dery gives them a book that matches them in ingratiation, fascination, and artfulness."—Booklist (starred review)
"Fascinating... Dery brings an analytical eye to the creations of the avant-garde illustrator and writer."—The National Book Review
"An inviting cabinet of curiosities...Every chapter is a revelation... fans will absolutely revel in this book... Mark Dery pulls back the grand drape in a way that does not dispel the magic but simply sanctifies Gorey's contribution."—Lambda Literary
"In his provocative biography of Gorey, Dery shows that the artist, instead of being a fusty old Edwardian misanthrope, was a flamboyant dandy and an early avatar of asexuality."—San Francisco Chronicle
"As a perfervid Goreyphile, I was a bit leery of a biography undertaking to spell out the details of his life. Did I really want to have the mystery solved? But Mark Dery drags the pond to revelatory result, contextualizing and analyzing Gorey, plunging into his obsessions, dissecting his sexuality, and even examining the philosophical import of nonsense while somehow managing to leave the central enigma radiantly intact. This is an absolutely riveting book about an utterly sui generis subject."—Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home
"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 withBorn to Be Posthumous--Dery shares Gorey's arch sense of humor, and shows real sympathy for hissui generisoutlook and aesthetics. Dery's book is smart, exhaustive, and an absolute joy to read... the biography [Gorey] has long deserved."—NPR
"A detailed, devoted, and highly readable biography of the illustrator who--from The Doubtful Guest to The Curious Sofa--defined and embodied a world of camp, gothic hilarity."—Ben Schott, The Guardian
"Smart and entertaining... brings us closer than ever to understanding a man devoted to enigmas."—Washington Post
"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
"Provocative... Dery makes a convincing case that Gorey was the true godfather of Goth, inspiring a generation of pop culture memento mori, from the IMAX-scale nightmares of Tim Burton... to the travails of Lemony Snicket... Dery has set the standard for a comprehensive appraisal of his legacy."—San Francisco Chronicle
"An entertaining account of an artist who liked to be coy with anybody who dared to write about him."—New York Times
"Gorey has found a superb biographer in Mark Dery... Some enigmas aren't meant to be solved--but they can be usefully illuminated. That's just what Dery does in this excellent book."—Seattle Times
"Ravishing...Dery portrays the man behind those odd little books that delighted in showing children in danger, blending Victorian and Surrealistic sensibilities; Gorey was a Harvard man, a balletomane, and ultimately, an enigma."—The Boston Globe
"Edward Gorey's ardent admirers have long known there is something about his work one can't quite pin down. Past all reason, Mark Dery has pinned it down. A genius book about a bookish genius."—Daniel Handler, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events
"Will delight the most devoted bibliophile... deeply-researched."—Globe and Mail
"That sense of our ultimate aloneness in the world makes Gorey's books as haunting as they are odd. Dery's affectionate tribute to an artist who was 'incomparably, unimprovably himself' also shows Gorey evoking in his work feelings of alienation, longing, and dread that are perhaps more common than we like to admit."—Boston Globe
"Mark Dery's deep, clear-eyed biography of Gorey is so welcome. He pulls at the disparate threads running through Gorey's art... and unearths the artist's gay identity."—NPR
"Writer and illustrator Gorey is more myth than man. But Mark Dery fleshes out the Grandfather of Goth in this new biography, and by doing so, he paints a picture of a fascinating man... Dery fills in the rest of the pieces with affection, admiration, and humor."—Paste
"Knowing Gorey's full story, done sparkling justice by Mark Dery, will only make you adore him more."—Caitlin Doughty, author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
"Well-considered... Cultural critic Dery constructs a nimble framework to fully appreciate the gothic artist and designer's contributions to high art and queer culture... The reclusive author and designer of such ghoulish gems asThe Doubtful Guestand the animated introduction to the PBS seriesMystery!comes fully alive, fur-coated and bejeweled, as an unlikely icon of the counterculture."—Kirkus
"Peculiar to a T, Gorey and his work are eccentric in the most congenial and appealing way, and cultural critic Dery gives them a book that matches them in ingratiation, fascination, and artfulness."—Booklist (starred review)
"Fascinating... Dery brings an analytical eye to the creations of the avant-garde illustrator and writer."—The National Book Review
"An inviting cabinet of curiosities...Every chapter is a revelation... fans will absolutely revel in this book... Mark Dery pulls back the grand drape in a way that does not dispel the magic but simply sanctifies Gorey's contribution."—Lambda Literary
"In his provocative biography of Gorey, Dery shows that the artist, instead of being a fusty old Edwardian misanthrope, was a flamboyant dandy and an early avatar of asexuality."—San Francisco Chronicle