Playing with language and exploiting the ambiguities and double meanings of words is at the core of Gorey’s work – even the title of these collections is a play on the word ‘amphigory’, a nonsense verse or composition. Deadworry, Deary Rewdgo and Regera Dowdy (Mrs). Others he uses elsewhere include Dogear Wryde, Ogdred Weary, Raddory Gewe, G.E.
Both title and detective are anagrams of Edward Gorey. The Awdrey Gore Legacy features a metafictional murder mystery which must be solved by detective Waredo Dyrge. The Broken Spoke is a collection of images related to cycling. The Eclectic Abecedarium is an alphabet of advice and some observations: “Don’t try to cram the Dog with Jam.” … “Forbear to taste Library Paste.” L’heure Bleue presents two dogs, who both have the letter “T” embroidered on their sweaters, waxing philosophical. Les Passementeries Horribles are sinister embroidered tassels and braids which are giant-sized. The Grand Passion (A novel) is “Englished anonymously from the Conton dialect”. The Sopping Thursday features rain, nervous cats, brave Bruno the dog and an apparently happy ending. The Epiplectic Bicycle has a purpose all its own, as siblings Embley and Yewbert eventually discover. The Blue Aspic is about Jasper Ankle, an opera fan obsessed with a diva named Ortenzia Caviglia, famed for her peformances in ‘Lizzia Bordena’, ‘La Reine des Iguanes’, and ‘La Vengence Posthume’.
The Utter Zoo is an alphabet of creatures from A for Ampoo to Z for Zote. The contents of these very small books are rearranged to fit the much bigger pages of this collection but are otherwise unaltered. They aren’t in any thematic or chronological sequence but the tone of Gorey’s work was so consistent over almost forty years of creativity that this volume feels excellently curated. He died in 2000.Amphigorey Also is the third volume of collected works by Edward Gorey, featuring seventeen tightly focused, darkly humorous pieces. His works dating back to the 1950s have been collected in the Amphigorey series of books. Gorey was a very successful set and costume designer, earning a Tony Award for his Broadway production of Dracula.
He was also the illustrator for the bestselling Lewis Barnavelt series by John Bellairs. The Remembered Visit About the Author: Edward Gorey, known for his unsettling pen-and-ink drawings with a Victorian flair, wrote and illustrated such books as The Doubtful Guest, The Gashlycrumb Tinies, and The Headless Bust. A mix of poetry and prose, light-hearted and decidedly more morbid storytelling, the book is sure to satisfy both fans of art and lovers of short stories alike. In this gorgeously detailed volume, American artist and author Edward Gorey accents amphigory (nonsense verse or composition) with his signature cross-hatched pen-and-ink drawings. An illustrated collection of 15 macabre short stories.
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