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Edward Gorey

February 22, 1925 - April 15, 2000

Edward Gorey was an American writer and artist noted for his macabre illustrated books.

Gorey is typically described as an illustrator. His books can be found in the humor and cartoon sections of major bookstores, but books like The Object Lesson have earned serious critical respect as works of surrealist art. His experimentations — creating books that were wordless, books that were literally matchbox-sized, pop-up books, books entirely populated by inanimate objects — complicates matters still further. As Gorey told Richard Dyer of The Boston Globe, "Ideally, if anything [was] any good, it would be indescribable." Gorey classified his own work as literary nonsense, the genre made most famous by Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. (Source: Wikipedia.)

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  • Cover of: Angel, the Automobilist, and Eighteen Others

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  • Cover of: Edward Gorey: His Book Cover Art and Design

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  • Cover of: Thoughtful alphabets: The just dessert & The deadly blotter

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  • Cover of: Floating worlds: the letters of Edward Gorey and Peter F. Neumeyer

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  • Cover of: Mysterious Messages, Cryptic Cards, Coded Conundrums, Anonymous Notes Book of Postcards

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    First published in 2010 1 edition — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Fiction, Pictorial American wit and humor, Caricatures and cartoons, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Humor, Specimens, American wit and humor, American wit and humor, pictorial, Alphabet rhymes, Fiction, humorous, general, Folklore, Miniature books, Poetry, Toy and movable books, American poetry, Artists, Authors, Biography, Children's poetry, English language, Fairy tales, Humor, general, Juvenile literature, Nonsense verses
Places
United States, Bridgton, Earth, Germany, Great Britain, Hartford, Maine, New England, Southern States, États-Unis
People
Edward Gorey (1925-), Edward Gorey (1925-2000), Edward Gorey, Aggie Bibber, Alan Turman, Amanda Dumfries, Ambrose Cornell, Andrew Drayton, Arnie Simms, Ben Michaelson, Bill Giosti, Brenton Norton, Bud Brown, Buddy Eagleton, Carla Norton, Dan Miller, Davy Crockett, Dick Muehler, Dougls Trumbull, Edward Gorey (1925-2000,), Hamilton Deane, Hank Vannerman, Hattie Turman, Hilda Reppler, Janine Lawless
Time
20th century

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Alternative names

  • St. John Gorey
  • Ogdred Weary
  • Edward St. John Gorey
  • Edward Blutig
  • Edward Pig
  • Drew Dogyear
  • Regera Dowdy
  • Dreary Wodge
  • Garrod Weedy
  • Redway Grode
  • Edward Saint John Gorey
  • Saint John Gorey
  • E. D. Ward
  • Edward Bloody
  • Wardore Edgy
  • Raddory Gewe
  • Roy Grewdead
  • Edward GOREY
  • Edward Gorey
  • Gorey, Edward, 1925-2000

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April 22, 2024 Edited by MARC Bot move website to links
March 13, 2023 Edited by mheiman merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
April 21, 2020 Edited by Tom Morris merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import