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The Voice of the Heart: The Working of Mervyn Peake's Imagination (Liverpool English Texts and Studies, 48) (Volume 48) - Softcover
The profoundly creative works of Mervyn Peake have fascinated readers for decades. His Gormenghast sequence of novels, recently serialized to great acclaim by the BBC, stands as one of the great imaginative accomplishments of twentieth-century literature.
In The Voice of the Heart, G. Peter Winnington, the world’s foremost expert on Peake, explores his subject’s well-known fiction alongside the poetry, plays, and illustrations for which Peake is equally lauded. He traces recurrent motifs through Peake’s works and examines in detail his long-neglected play, The Wit to Woo. Through close readings of all these elements of Peake’s oeuvre, Winnington ultimately offers unparalleled insight into one of British literature’s most vibrant imaginations.
In The Voice of the Heart, G. Peter Winnington, the world’s foremost expert on Peake, explores his subject’s well-known fiction alongside the poetry, plays, and illustrations for which Peake is equally lauded. He traces recurrent motifs through Peake’s works and examines in detail his long-neglected play, The Wit to Woo. Through close readings of all these elements of Peake’s oeuvre, Winnington ultimately offers unparalleled insight into one of British literature’s most vibrant imaginations.
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G. Peter Winnington teaches English Literature at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland. He is the editor of the journal Peake Studies and the author of Vast Alchemies: The Life and Work of Mervyn Peake.
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A remarkable portrayal of a creative mind at work, which should be recognized as making a significant contribution to our understanding of the creative process itself and of the relationship between one art form and another.... Everyone who admires Peake's work will be delighted by this book; and from now on, nobody who writes about Peake will be able to do so without paying it homage. * Peake Studies * In this thorough study of Peake's work Winnington's argument is clear and persuasive, and his discussions of Peake's interest in eyes, voices and quasi-animals (slippery in terms of species and gender) are suggestive. * Times Literary Supplement *
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- PublisherLiverpool University Press
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 184631030X
- ISBN 13 9781846310300
- BindingPaperback
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- Number of pages288
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. This First Edition and first printing softback was published by Liverpool University Press in 2006. The condition of the book is 'Fine'. The book has 290 numbered pages. There are for illustrations over reproductions of over 50 of Mervyn Peake's drawings. The size of the book in inches is 9.2 x 6.2 and it weighs 0.53 kg. As with all our sales of books within the UK, we only ever charge a flat standard delivery cost of £3.35. Seller Inventory # 005500
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Good to Very Good. Peake, Mervyn (illustrator). 1st Edition. Very good to inside with small signature of past owner to top right corner of page facing inside front cover. There is very slight wear to the front right corner tips, even less so to back. The author 'sets his subject's fiction in context with the poetry, plays and book illustrations which are less well known. He traces recurrent motifs through Peake's works (islands, animals, and loneliness, for example) and explores in detail Peake's long neglected play, The Wit to Woo'. A brilliant insight into one of 'British literatures most vibrant imaginations'. Broadleaf Books is a second hand independent bookshop in Abergavenny, South Wales. Enquiries and visits are very welcome. fic Peake. Seller Inventory # 192170
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