Peake's Progress - Couverture rigide

Peake, Mervyn Laurence; Edited By Maeve Gilmore; Introduction By John Watney

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ISBN 10 : 0713911476 ISBN 13 : 9780713911473

Editeur : Viking, 1979

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Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

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. Peake�s Progress is 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. ?The White Chief of the ?Umzimbooboo Kaffirs,� the early ?Mr. Slaughterboard,� which foreshadows the Titus books, two plays, ?the Wit to Woo� and ?Noah�s Ark,� a broadcast version of ?Mr. Pye,� and a generous selection of Peake�s short stories, poems and nonsense verses as well as his drawings. Including a new preface written by Mervyn Peake�s son, Sebastian, this edition of Peake�s Progress is published to coincide with the centenary of Peake�s birth.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) the immensely talented writer, artist, poet and playwright,is best-known for his gothic masterpiece, the Gormenghast trilogy, and his stunning illustrations for Alice in Wonderland and Alice through the Looking Glass. He was a prolific and astonishingly original writer, who touched at one time or another on almost every literary form.

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