Ascending Peculiarity
Subtitle: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey
By: selected and edited by Karen Wilkin
Contributors: Wilkin, Karen, 1940-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9780151005048
Subjects: Artists; Interview; Entretiens; Interviews; Authors; Illustrateurs
Other titles: Edward Gorey on Edward Gorey
Description: Culled from dozens of interviews, this portrait of the famous artist showcases Gorey's ideas about French symbolist poetry, soap operas, George Balanchine, ballet, and Victorian snuff photography, among other topics.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-247) and index.
Table of contents: title: Edward Gorey : an introduction / Karen Wilkin; title: And "G" is for Gorey who here tells his story (1973) / Jan Hodenfield; title: The City Ballet fan extraordinaire (1973) / Anna Kisselgoff; title: Balletgorey (1974) / Tobi Tobias; title: Conversations with writers : Edward Gorey (1977) / Robert Dahlin; title: The Dick Cavett show with Edward Gorey (1977) / Dick Cavett; title: The cat quotes of Edward Gorey (1978) / Jane Merrill Filstrup; title: An interview with Edward St. John Gorey at the Gotham Book Mart (1978) / Jane Merrill Filstrup; title: The mind's eye : writers who draw (1980) / Jean Martin; title: Edward Gorey (1980) / Lisa Solod; title: The poison penman (1984) / Richard Dyer; title: An American original (1988) / Carol Stevens; title: Edward Gorey and the Tao of nonsense (1992) / Stephen Schiff; title: Edward Gorey (1995) / Simon Henwood; title: Edward Gorey : portrait of the artist in chilling color (1996) / Scott Baldauf; title: The Gorey details (1997) / David Streitfeld; title: Edward Gorey : Proust questionnaire (1997) / Anonymous; title: A Gorey encounter (1997) / Ed Pinsent; title: Writing "The black doll" : a talk with Edward Gorey (1998) / Annie Nocenti; title: The connection (1998) / Christopher Lydon; title: Playing favorites (1998) / Kerry Fried; title: Edward Gorey's cover story (1999) / Steven Heller.