Throughout are entire section on Gorey, a question stayed stuck in the back of my mind: why did he insist on making his stories so British?<\/p>\n
Yes, I understand that Gorey\u00a0is attempting to evoke the Victorian Gothic, but why not do so with an American lens?<\/p>\n
Was anyone else a little frustrated by the little ploy Gorey was trying to play? Anyone else \u00a0feel a little slighted by Gorey’s attempt to be British? Or was that only me?<\/p>\n
When you think to some of the greatest examples of children’s literature, so many of them\u00a0are written by British authors.\u00a0Peter Pan, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, The Tale of Peter Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh, The Lion the Witch and the\u00a0Wardrobe\u00a0<\/em>etc. etc. Is this why Gorey wanted to give his books a British flavor?<\/p>\n For me, my frustration stems from the fact that I want Gorey to be understood as one of the great American authors of the children’s genre, and I’m afraid because of his British language and themes, that will not be so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Throughout are entire section on Gorey, a question stayed stuck in the back of my mind: why did he insist on making his stories so British? Yes, I understand that Gorey\u00a0is attempting to evoke the Victorian Gothic, but why not do so with an American lens? Was anyone else a little frustrated by the little … <\/p>\n