Category Archives: Edward Gorey

New Publications on Edward Lear (and more)

Posted on March 19, 2021 by Marco Graziosi

It’s been a long time since I updated the bibliographies, so here are quite a lot of items. Essays on Edward Lear: Walchester, Kathryn. “Non vedete. È una rivoluzione: Edward Lear Landscape Painter and Italy.” Journal of Tourism Consumption and … Continue reading →

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Eliot’s The Naming of Cats illustrated by Edward Gorey

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Marco Graziosi

T.S. Eliot, The Naming of Cats, illustrated by Edward Gorey. From The American Poetry Review, Vol. 11, No. 4 (JULY/AUGUST 1982), p. 9.

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The Gashlycrumb Tinies

Posted on September 24, 2007 by Marco Graziosi

On YouTube, a nice animation based on Edward Gorey’s The Gashlycrumb Tinies, by Matt Duplessie of Clandestiny:

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Snappy Dance evokes Gorey terror, wonder

Posted on June 7, 2004 by Marco Graziosi

The Boston Herald reviews Snappy’s ballet inspired by E. Gorey’s works Continue reading →

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Gorey Ballet

Posted on June 5, 2004 by Marco Graziosi

Snappy Dance Theater premiere The Temperamental Wobble, a ballet based on Edward Gorey’s books Continue reading →

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Edward Gorey's Haunting House

Posted on October 31, 2003 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Gorey’s Haunting House Just in time for Halloween, a pictorial peek at the eccentric, ramshackle Cape Cod residence of the late artist and author Edward Gorey, master of the macabre. washingtonpost.com | 30 October 2003

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So this is what Gorey sounds like

Posted on October 31, 2003 by Marco Graziosi

Tiger Lillies, with the Kronos Quartet, bring the artist’s macabre mirth to the stage in a brilliant show. Continue reading →

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The Spook

Posted on March 29, 2002 by Marco Graziosi

The Spook The February 2002 issue of this shiny horror magazine has a long interesting article on Edward Gorey by Deborah Markus, reviewing three recently published biographies.By the way, the magazine also has the best monthly comics column I have … Continue reading →

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How Gorey Became Gorey

Posted on October 13, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

‘Ascending Peculiarity’: How Gorey Became Gorey How Gorey became Gorey is the heart of the 21 interviews with assorted writers and critics, dated from 1973 to 1999, the year before his death, collected in ”Ascending Peculiarity: Edward Gorey on Edward … Continue reading →

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Edward Gorey

Posted on January 8, 2001 by Marco Graziosi

Edward Gorey No one sheds light on darkness from quite the same perspective as this Cape Cod specialist in morbid, fine-lined jocularity.[This is a long article on Gorey’s career from Salon’s ‘Brilliant Careers’ series. A ‘Gorey Gallery’ is also included.]Salon … Continue reading →

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