Further Research
Texts Featured in this Exhibit:
Gorey, Edward. The Wuggly Ump. New York: J. B. Lippincott Company, 1963. Print.
Gorey, Edward and Ib Penick. The Dwindling Party. New York: Random House, 1982. Print.
Gorey, Edward. The Gashlycrumb Tinies. or, After the Outing. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co., 1981. Print.
Gorey, Edward. Amphigorey: Fifteen Books by Edward Gorey. New York: Putnam, 1975. Print.
Further Reading:
Ariès , Philippe, and Patricia M. Ranum. Western Attitudes toward Death: From the Middle Ages to the Present. Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins U, 1974. Print.
Bodmer, George R. "The Post-Modern Alphabet: Extending the Limits of the Contemporary Alphabet Book, from Seuss to Gorey." Children's Literature Association Quarterly 14.3 (1989): 115-17. Johns Hopkins University Press.
"Book Recommendations -- Choosing Great Books for Children." Scholastic. N.p., n.d. Web.
Gibson, Lois Rauch, and Laura M. Zaidman. "Death in Children's Literature: Taboo or Not Taboo?" Children's Literature Association Quarterly 16.4 (1991): 232-34. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Pyles, Marian S. Death and Dying in Children and Young People's Literature: A Survey and Bibliography. Jefferson, North Carolina, and London: McFarland & Company, Inc., 1988.
Shortsleeve, Kevin. "Edward Gorey, Children's Literature, and Nonsense Verse." Children's Literature Association Quarterly 27.1 (2002): 27-39. Johns Hopkins University Press.
Stallcup, Jackie. "Power, Fear, and Children's Picture Books". Children's Literature 30. Yale University Press, 2002: p. 125-154. Web.
Steinhauer, Jillian. "The Gorey Details." Los Angeles Review of Books. N.p., 31 Oct. 2012. Web.
Susina, Jan. "Editor's Note: Kiddie Lit(e): The Dumbing Down of Children's Literature." The Lion and the Unicorn 17.1 (1993): V-Ix. Johns Hopkins University Press.