Inspecting Gorey's illustrations provides insight into traditional images of children, and emphasizes how his portraits represent children as disabled figures. I examine four books containing Gorey's illustrations for literary and aesthetic analysis. In a boy deals with psychological challenges; in and ...
Twentieth century American illustrator Edward Gorey’s pen and ink drawings subvert traditional images of children; his images represent the tenets of disability theory, cuteness, and whiteness in relation to child figures in children’s literature. Inspecting Gorey’s illustrations provides insight into...