| Instant Lives Contributor(s): Moss, Howard (Author), Gorey, Edward (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1567926517 ISBN-13: 9781567926514 Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Hardcover Published: October 2019 |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Humor | Topic - History - Humor | Form - Parodies - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: 817.52 |
| LCCN: 2019012326 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 4.3" W x 6.9" L (0.35 lbs) 96 pages |
| Features: Illustrated, Price on Product |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A literary humor classic--fractured biographical moments from the lives of great writers and composers. This is a collection of mostly imagined encounters between literary figures and their real or imagined family members, friends, and bitter enemies. In Howard Moss's satirical voice and Edward Gorey's twenty-five deadpan illustrations, we see Jane Austen wielding artful passive aggression and Sense and Sensibility galleys, the Alcott girls sculpting fudge, the rise of Emily Dickinson's ruthless witch hazel business, among other delights. Perfect for those who love literature too much to hold it closely to actual facts. |
Contributor Bio(s): Moss, Howard: - Howard Moss was the poetry editor of the New Yorker for almost forty years. In that influential capacity, this quiet, unassuming man was one of the key figures in American letters in the late twentieth century, boosting the careers of many young poets by publishing their work in one of the few mass circulation magazines which bought poetry and paid well for it.Gorey, Edward: - Author and artist EDWARD ST. JOHN GOREY (1925-2000) was a child prodigy, drawing pictures at the age of two, and teaching himself to read by the age of three. With pending draft notices at the age of 17, Gorey enrolled for some art courses at the Art Institute of Chicago before entering the U.S. Army. In 1946 he enrolled at Harvard (majoring in French Literature) and began pursuing numerous artistic interests, publishing stories, poems, designing sets, directing and writing for the influential Poets Theatre (with John Ashbery, Frank O'Hara, Alison Lurie, Violet Lang and others). In late 1952, with school behind him, he was offered a position with Doubleday's new imprint Doubleday Anchor in New York City. Gorey rapidly became a significant figure in their art department, designing more than fifty covers and, more importantly, becoming recognized as a major commercial illustrator. |
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