Author: Mervyn Laurence Peake
Links:
-Mervyn Peake -Peake STUDIES : the periodical devoted to the life and work of Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) -Gormenghast Castle -Gormenghast.org -Mervyn Peake : A Reverie of Bone (Langdon Jones) -Scriptorium : Mervyn Peake (Librynth) -Fuchsia's Secret Archive -THE PEAKE OF IMAGINATION -Mervyn Peake (1911-1968) (Bohemian Ink) -WEBRING : Mervyn Peake Webring -Gormenghast : a fantasy opera -Gormenghast : Webbed representation of Gothic architecture. Its purpose: to enhance the user's understanding of Gothic literature by exploring its spatial characteristics -PROFILE : Peake Practice : He never earned much money and he looked like a tramp. He grew up in Chaina among dragons but later moved to Croydon. He wore red waistcoats and bright orange ties. His life was cut short by illness, brain surgery and prematuire senility. He gave us Gormenhast and changed the world. His name was Mervyn Peake, and he may have been the 20th centry's greatest fantasist (John Walsh, 14 January 2000, Independent uk) -ESSAY: Peake practice: An artist with the soul of a pirate (January 15, 2021, The Spectator) -ESSAY: The gentle genius of Mervyn Peake: His unsettling illustrations reveal a kindly man with the soul of a pirate (Daisy Dunn, September 2020, The Spectator) -REVIEW : of The Gormenghast Trilogy (David Campling) -REVIEW : of The Gormenghast Trilogy (Spaceports) -REVIEW : of Gormenghast by Mervyn Peake -REVIEW : of Captain Slaughterboard Drops Anchor by Mervyn Peake (Kate Kellaway, The Guardian) -REVIEW : of Mervyn Peake: My Eyes Mint Gold - a Life by Malcolm Yorke (Hilary Spurling, booksonline uk) -REVIEW : Mervyn Peake: My Eyes Mint Gold: A Life by Malcolm Yorke (John McEwen, The Spectator) -REVIEW : of Vast Alchemies: The Life and Work of Mervyn Peake by G Peter Winnington (Duncan Fallowell, Independent uk) TV SERIES :
BBC TV ADAPTATION :
The Gormenghast Novels : Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950), Titus Alone (1959) (1959) - Mervyn Peake (1911
-1968) (Grade:B+) |
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