Born to be posthumous : the eccentric life and mysterious genius of Edward Gorey

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ISBN: 9780316188548
Physical Description 503 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition First edition.
Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2018.

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Born to Be Posthumous : The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey

by Dery, Mark

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Section	Section Description	Page Number
	Introduction A Good Mystery	p. 3
Chapter 1	A Suspiciously Normal Childhood: Chicago, 1925-44	p. 20
Chapter 2	Mauve Sunsets: Dugway, 1944-46	p. 58
Chapter 3	"Terribly Intellectual and Avant-Garde and All That Jazz": Harvard, 1946-50	p. 69
Chapter 4	Sacred Monsters: Cambridge, 1950-53	p. 104
Chapter 5	"Like a Captive Balloon, Motionless Between Sky and Earth": New York, 1953	p. 124
Chapter 6	Hobbies Odd-Ballet, the Gotham Book Mart, Silent Film, Feuillade: 1953	p. 147
Chapter 7	Ãpater le Bourgeois: 1954-58	p. 172
Chapter 8	"Working Perversely to Please Himself": 1959-63	p. 193
Chapter 9	Nursery Crimes-The Gashlycrumb Tinies and Other Outrages: 1963	p. 219
Chapter 10	Worshipping in Balanchine's Temple: 1964-67	p. 237
Chapter 11	Mail Bonding-Collaborations: 1967-72	p. 263
Chapter 12	Dracula: 1973-78	p. 301
Chapter 13	Mystery!: 1979-85	p. 324
Chapter 14	Strawberry Lane Forever: Cape Cod, 1985-2000	p. 336
Chapter 15	Flapping Ankles, Crazed Teacups, and Other Entertainments	p. 369
Chapter 16	"Awake in the Dark of Night Thinking Gorey Thoughts"	p. 381
Chapter 17	The Curtain Falls	p. 399
	Acknowledgments	p. 417
	A Note on Sources	p. 421
	A Gorey Bibliography	p. 423
	Notes	p. 427
	Index	p. 485