Mark Dery

Born to Be Posthumous

The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey

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Produktbeschreibung

The definitive biography of Edward Gorey, the eccentric master of macabre nonsense. â A genius book about a bookish geniusâ Daniel Handler, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events

Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 512
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 128mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 446g
• ISBN-13: 9780008329846
• ISBN-10: 0008329842
• Artikelnr.: 60000121

Autorenporträt

Mark Dery is a cultural critic. He coined the term `Afrofuturism,¿ popularised 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. His books include Flame Wars, a seminal anthology of writings on digital culture; Escape Velocity: Cyberculture at the end of the century, The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium: American Culture on the Brink, and the essay collection, I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts: Drive-by Essays on American Dread, American Dreams. Like Gorey, his mission in life is `to make everybody as uneasy as possible.¿