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Miracle enough : papers on the works of Mervyn Peake / edited by G. Peter Winnington ; introduced by William Gray ; Sophie Aymes-Stokes [and seventeen others], contributors.
- Format:
- Book
- Conference/Event
- Author/Creator:
- Gray, William, author of introduction, etc.
- Conference Name:
- Mervyn Peake and the Fantasy Tradition (2011 : University of Chichester)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peake, Mervyn, 1911-1968--Criticism and interpretation--Congresses.
- Peake, Mervyn.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- To mark the centenary of Mervyn Peake's birth, the Sussex Centre for Folklore, Fairy Tales and Fantasy (University of Chichester) organized an international conference in July 2011 entitled ""Mervyn Peake and the Fantasy Tradition."" Papers were presented by scholars, artists, and writers from all over the world, and here we have a selection of them. No other comparable collection of essays on Peake has ever been published. The contributors take a wide variety of approaches to Peake's work - ...
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; PEAKE AND ALICE (AND ARRIETTY); SHAPING IN TITUS GROAN; THE KEDA MYSTERY; BUT ARE THEY FANTASY?; PEAKE AND THE FUZZY SET OF FANTASY; ALGORITHM OF DISENCHANTMENT; (IN)VISIBLE BLACK HOLES; ""THERE''S NO PLACE LIKE HOME""; PEAKE AND VULNERABILITY; THERE IS NOWHERE ELSE; MERVYN PEAKE, THE POET OF GORMENGHAST; ECCENTRICITY IN MERVYN PEAKE''S WORK; EXCHANGING CERTAINTY FOR UNCERTAINTY; THE IMAGINATION AT WORK; THE FLEETING LINE; A TUTORIAL WITH MERVYN PEAKE; ADAPTING TITUS GROAN; CONTRIBUTORS TO THIS BOOK; INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-6733-0
- OCLC:
- 891369796
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