{"product_id":"born-to-be-posthumous-the-eccentric-life-and-mysterious-genius-of-edward-gorey-hardcover","title":"Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark Dery\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive biography of Edward Gorey, the eccentric master of macabre nonsense.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From \u003ci\u003eThe Gashlycrumb Tinies\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eThe Doubtful Guest\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 who was the real Edward Gorey behind the Oscar Wildean pose? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u0026amp; 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Based on newly uncovered correspondence and interviews with personalities as diverse as John Ashbery, Donald Hall, Lemony Snicket, Neil Gaiman, and Anna Sui, \u003ci\u003eBorn to Be Posthumous\u003c\/i\u003e draws back the curtain on the eccentric genius and mysterious life of Edward Gorey.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Dery\u003c\/b\u003e is 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His books include \u003ci\u003eFlame Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, a seminal anthology of writings on digital culture; \u003ci\u003eEscape Velocity: Cyberculture at the end of the century\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pyrotechnic Insanitarium: American Culture on the Brink\u003c\/i\u003e, and the essay collection, \u003ci\u003eI Must Not Think Bad Thoughts: Drive-by Essays on American Dread, American Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e. Like Gorey, his mission in life is to make everybody as uneasy as possible.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.5 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 06, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52026946781485,"sku":"9780316188548","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/born-to-be-posthumous-the-eccentric-life-and-mysterious-genius-of-edward-gorey-hardcover-7706617.webp?v=1777424346","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/born-to-be-posthumous-the-eccentric-life-and-mysterious-genius-of-edward-gorey-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}