Peake's Progress Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake
by Peake, Mervyn; Gilmore, MaeveFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2011-07-09
Publisher(s): Harry N. Abrams
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Summary
Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) was a prolific and astonishingly original writer and artist, who touched at one time or another on almost every literary form. Peake¹s Progressis a selection, compiled by his widow, Maeve Gilmore, from every period of his work as a writer and draughtsman. It contains a remarkable work from childhood. RThe White Chief of the RUmzimbooboo Kaffirs,¹ the early RMr. Slaughterboard,¹ which foreshadows the Titus books, two plays, Rthe Wit to Woo¹ and RNoah¹s Ark,¹ a broadcast version of RMr. Pye,¹ and a generous selection of Peake¹s short stories, poems and nonsense verses as well as his drawings. Including a new preface written by Mervyn Peake¹s son, Sebastian, this edition of Peake¹s Progress is published to coincide with the centenary of Peake¹s birth.
Author Biography
Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) was a playwright, painter, poet, illustrator, short story writer, and designer of theatrical costumes, as well as a novelist. Among his many books are the celebrated Gormenghast novels, Titus Groan, Gormenghast, and Titus Alone, and the posthumously published Titus Awakes, the lost book of Gormenghast finished by Peake's wife Maeve Gilmore after his death. The Gormenghast novels, as well as Peake's other writings Mr. Pye and Peake's Progress, are all available from The Overlook Press.
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