Talk:Edward Gorey

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Much, much more needs to be said. Gorey worked as an illustrator for several publishers (see, e.g. the cover art for Lukcy Jim, recently re-released), and he was a sought-after literary light. He also, apparently, had a fondness for strong drink.

I read somewhere that he had an absurd amount of cats living in his home when he died, between 50 and 100 if i remember correctly... Twisby 22:59, 21 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I understood that it was more like 5-6. The Ross & Wilkin book (The World of Edward Gorey) is a good source for background material. There is also an extended essay in book form (which I've been meaning to add to the references at the end of the article) called The Strange Case of Edward Gorey by Alexander Theroux, who was a friend & neighbor of Gorey; it was published after Gorey's death, & has a lot of personal anecdotes & miscellaneous observations. (I would check these books myself but I am in the middle of moving house & a lot of the books are packed already.) Z Wylld 16:18, 22 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

you might want to add this to the links below- the full gashlycrumb tinies book- [removed, sorry] and the unstrung harp- [removed, sorry]

happy reading...

Much as I would like to see those links there, Wikipedia's policy is not to link to sites that are a copyright violation (see Wikipedia:External links) for legal reasons. I can't see anything on these sites indicating they have permission from Gorey's estate or his publishers. This tends to mean that works of authors and artists aren't linked from in Wikipedia unless they have been dead 90 years or so. Notinasnaid 10:58, 1 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Commerce?

What's with the 2/02/07 edit by user "Goreydetails"? It looks like a link has been added to a website called www.goreydetails.net, apparently a commercial site with Gorey-type merchandise. Z Wylld 16:01, 6 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Wording

"But Gorey was especially fond of movies, and for a time he did regular and very waspish reviews for the Soho Weekly under the pseudonym Wardore Edgy."

I'm not an American so I'm not well acquainted with the use of "wasp" and its derivations in formal prose, but I would have thought it somewhat of a pejorative. There are a few other areas with borderline wordings, but that one struck me and I'd be interested in other people's opinions, if only for learning's sake. Orchid Righteous 15:39, 26 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Nothing perjorative about it in this context.