Edward Gorey S Haunted Looking Glass

Author : Edward Gorey
Publisher : NYRB Classics
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2001-02-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0940322684

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The Haunted Looking Glass by Edward Gorey Pdf

The Haunted Looking Glass is the late Edward Gorey's selection of his favorite tales of ghosts, ghouls, and grisly goings-on. It includes stories by Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, M. R. James, W. W. Jacobs, and L. P. Hartley, among other masters of the fine art of making the flesh creep, all accompanied by Gorey's inimitable illustrations. ALGERNON BLACKWOOD, "The Empty House" W.F. HARVEY, "August Heat" CHARLES DICKENS, "The Signalman" L.P. HARTLEY, "A Visitor from Down Under" R.H. MALDEN, "The Thirteenth Tree" ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, "The Body-Snatcher" E. NESBIT, "Man-Size in Marble" BRAM STOKER, "The Judge's House" TOM HOOD, "The Shadow of a Shade" W.W. JACOBS, "The Monkey's Paw," WILKIE COLLINS, "The Dream Woman" M.R. JAMES, "Casting the Runes"

Author : Edward Gorey
Publisher : Random House Value Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Ghost stories, English
ISBN : STANFORD:36105012433145

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Edward Gorey's Haunted Looking Glass by Edward Gorey Pdf

Author : Rex Warner
Publisher : New York Review of Books
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1590172639

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Men and Gods by Rex Warner Pdf

This outstanding collection brings together the novelist and scholar Rex Warner’s knack for spellbinding storytelling with Edward Gorey’s inimitable talent as an illustrator in a memorable modern recounting of the most beloved myths of ancient Greece. Writing in a relaxed and winning colloquial style, Warner vividly recreates the classic stories of Jason and the Argonauts and Theseus and the Minotaur, among many others, while Gorey’s quirky pen-and-ink sketches offer a visual interpretation of these great myths in the understated but brilliantly suggestive style that has gained him admirers throughout the world. These tales cover the range of Greek mythology, including the creation story of Deucalion and Pyrrha, the heroic adventures of Perseus, the fall of Icarus, Cupid and Psyche’s tale of love, and the tragic history of Oedipus and Thebes. Men and Gods is an essential and delightful book with which to discover some of the key stories of world literature.

Author : Richard Keller Simon
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1999-11-23
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0520924428

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Trash Culture by Richard Keller Simon Pdf

Seinfeld as a contemporary adaptation of Etherege's Restoration comedy of manners The Man of Mode? Friends as a reworking of Shakespeare's romantic comedy Much Ado About Nothing? Star Wars as an adaptation of Spenser's epic poem, The Faerie Queene? The popular culture that surrounds us in our daily lives bears a striking similarity to some of the great works of literature of the past. In television, movies, magazines, and advertisements we are exposed to many of the same stories as those critics who study the great books of Western literature, but we have simply been encouraged to look at those stories differently. In Trash Culture, Richard K. Simon examines the ways in which the great literature and cultural work of the past has been rewritten for today's consumer society, with supermarket tabloids such as The National Enquirer and celebrity gossip magazines like People serving as contemporary versions of the great dramatic tragedies of the past. Today's advertising repeats the tale of the Golden Age, but inverts the value system of a classic utopia; the shopping mall combines bits and pieces of the great garden styles of Western history, and now adds consumer goods; Playboy magazine revises Castiglione's Renaissance courtesy book, The Book of the Courtier; and Cosmopolitan magazine revises the women's coming-of-age novels of Jane Austen, Gustave Flaubert, and Edith Wharton. Trash Culture concludes that the great books are alive and well, but simply hidden from the critics. It argues for the linking of high and low for the study and appreciation of each form of literature, and the importance of teaching popular culture alongside books of the great tradition in order to understand the critical context in which the books appear.

Author : Edward Gorey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 66 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : American wit and humor, Pictorial
ISBN : 0747545308

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The Haunted Tea-cosy by Edward Gorey Pdf

Edmund Gravel, known as the Recluse of Lower Spigot, is preparing to take tea by himself on Christmas Eve. Just as he is waiting for the week's teabag to steep, the tea-cosy twitches and from beneath it leaps a creature - the Bahhum Bug. Then they are joined by the Ghost of Christmas past.

Author : Rhoda Levine
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Birds
ISBN : LCCN:63010370

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Three Ladies Beside the Sea by Rhoda Levine Pdf

This rhyming story describes three wispy ladies who live beside the sea. Two of the ladies become bewildered when their friend perches in a tree each day longing to find a bird who sang to her when he flew by long ago.

Author : Edward Gorey
Publisher : Pomegranate Communications
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0764975404

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The Angel, the Automobilist, and Eighteen Others by Edward Gorey Pdf

"A collection of twenty illustrations by artist Edward Gorey"--

Author : Edward Gorey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : LCCN:59013338

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The Haunted Looking Glass by Edward Gorey Pdf

Author : Edward Gorey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-10-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258188511

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The Willowdale Handcar by Edward Gorey Pdf

In this enigmatic, surreal, wonderfully entertaining tale, three mysterious figures set out from Willowdale, traveling by handcar. At once deeply vexing and utterly hilarious, darkly mysterious and amusingly absurd, "The Willowdale Handcar" is vintage Gorey.

Author : Tom Hood
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 26 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2011-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781447404118

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The Shadow of a Shade (Fantasy and Horror Classics) by Tom Hood Pdf

Many of the earliest ghost stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Author : PJ Harvey,Seamus Murphy
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015-10-08
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781408865743

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The Hollow of the Hand by PJ Harvey,Seamus Murphy Pdf

FINALIST IN THE PHOTO BOOK CATEGORY OF THE PICTURES OF THE YEAR AWARD Between 2011 and 2014 PJ Harvey and Seamus Murphy set out on a series of journeys together to Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Washington DC. Harvey collected words, Murphy collected pictures, and together they have created an extraordinary chronicle of our life and times. The Hollow of the Hand marks the first publication of Harvey's powerful poetry, in conversation with Murphy's indelible images. It is a landmark project and will be published internationally in October 2015. As PJ Harvey says: 'Gathering information from secondary sources felt too far removed for what I was trying to write about. I wanted to smell the air, feel the soil and meet the people of the countries I was fascinated with. Following our work on Let England Shake, my friend Seamus Murphy and I agreed to grow a project together lead by our instincts on where we should go.' Seamus Murphy adds: 'Polly is a writer who loves images and I am a photographer who loves words. Our relationship began a few years ago when she asked me if I would like to take some photographs and make some films for her last album Let England Shake. I was intrigued and the adventure began, now finding another form in this book. It is our look at home and the world.' The Hollow of the Hand will be available in a hardback edition with highest quality photographic reproductions, as well as a reader's paperback version.

Author : Edward Gorey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-04
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781608196166

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A Halloween Treat by Edward Gorey Pdf

Halloween-themed vignettes illustrated with wry, spooky monster cartoons are also designed to be turned over and read from the opposite direction, where fans will discover a sequence of imaginative ghosts.

Author : Julia Eccleshare,Quentin Blake
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 960 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Best books
ISBN : 1844036715

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1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up by Julia Eccleshare,Quentin Blake Pdf

1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up is the perfect introduction to the very best books of childhood: those books that have a special place in the heart of every reader. It introduces a wonderfully rich world of literature to parents and their children, offering both new titles and much-loved classics that many generations have read and enjoyed. From wordless picture books and books introducing the first words and sounds of the alphabet through to hard-hitting and edgy teenage fiction, the titles featured in this book reflect the wealth of reading opportunities for children.Browsing the titles in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up will take you on a journey of discovery into fantasy, adventure, history, contermporary life, and much more. These books will enable you to travel to some of the most famous imaginary worlds such as Narnia, Middle Earth, and Hogwart's School. And the route taken may be pretty strange, too. You may fall down a rabbit hole, as Alice does on her way to Wonderland, or go through the back of a wardrobe to reach the snowy wastes of Narnia.

Author : Edward Gorey
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : PSU:000000526876

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The Haunted Looking Glass by Edward Gorey Pdf

A collection of twelve ghost stories by various authors.

Author : Mark Dery
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-11-06
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780316451079

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Born to Be Posthumous by Mark Dery Pdf

The definitive biography of Edward Gorey, the eccentric master of macabre nonsense. From The Gashlycrumb Tinies to The Doubtful Guest, 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. 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? 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 & 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. Based on newly uncovered correspondence and interviews with personalities as diverse as John Ashbery, Donald Hall, Lemony Snicket, Neil Gaiman, and Anna Sui, BORN TO BE POSTHUMOUS draws back the curtain on the eccentric genius and mysterious life of Edward Gorey.