Peake's Progress Selected Writings and Drawings of Mervyn Peake
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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.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780879511210 |
Publisher: | The Overlook Press |
Imprint: | The Overlook Press |
Pub date: | 09 Jun 1981 |
DEWEY: | 700.924 |
DEWEY edition: | 19 |
Language: | English |
Number of pages: | 576 |
Weight: | -1g |
Height: | 203mm |
Width: | 127mm |
Spine width: | 25mm |