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03834aam a2200457 i 4500 001 24F09C6878F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220119010213 008 210802s2021 msua b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2021031172 020 $a 1496831551 020 $a 9781496831552 035 $a (OCoLC)1250309233 040 $a MsSM/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d UKMGB $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a NX512.G67 $b W49 2021 082 00 $a 709.2 $2 23 100 1 $a Whyte, Malcolm, $d 1933- $e author. 245 10 $a Gorey secrets : $b artistic and literary inspirations behind Divers Books by Edward Gorey / $c Malcolm Whyte ; foreword by Peter F. Neumeyer. 264 1 $a Jackson : $b University Press of Mississippi, $c [2021] 300 $a xv, 159 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 27 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 00 $t Index. $t Acknowledgments -- $t Introduction -- $t The gilded bat and the lavender leonard -- $t The lost lions -- $t The Gashlycrumb tinies -- $t The Awdrey-Gore legacy -- $t The Eclectic Abecedarium -- $t The beastly baby -- $t E. D. Ward, a mercurial bear -- $t The loathsome couple -- $t The tunnel calamity -- $t The stupid joke -- $t The Glorious Nosebleed -- $t The pious infant -- $t Jack the Giant-Killer -- $t Rumpelstiltskin -- $t The iron tonic -- $t The curious sofa -- $t The floating elephant/The cancing rock -- $t The hapless child -- $t The Jumblies and the dong with a luminous nose -- $t The object lesson -- $t Le melange funeste and The dripping faucet -- $t Dracula: a toy theatre -- $t Afterword -- $t Notes -- $t Selected bibliography -- $t Index. 520 $a "Edward Gorey (1925-2000) was a fascinating and 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"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Gorey, Edward, $d 1925-2000 $x Themes, motives. 600 10 $a Gorey, Edward, $d 1925-2000 $x Criticism and interpretation. 600 17 $a Gorey, Edward, $d 1925-2000. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00038300 650 0 $a American wit and humor, Pictorial. 650 0 $a Caricatures and cartoons $z United States. 650 7 $a American wit and humor, Pictorial. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00807464 650 7 $a Caricatures and cartoons. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00847532 650 7 $a Themes, motives. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01355139 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a Criticism, interpretation, etc. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411635 700 1 $a Neumeyer, Peter F., $d 1929- $e author of foreword. 776 08 $i Online version: $a Whyte, Malcolm. $t Gorey secrets $d Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2021 $z 9781496836809 $w (DLC) 2021031173 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117020834.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20221203071119.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=24F09C6878F711ECAF30597D2FECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search