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Collected Poems Paperback - 2008

by Mervyn Peake; Robert Maslen (Editor)

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It is forty years since the death of Mervyn Peake (1911-68), the author of the much-loved Gormenghast novels. To mark the anniversary this first comprehensive edition of Peake's poetry is published. It includes every black-and-white illustration he made for his verse, together with many previously unpublished drawings. Of the more than 230 poems in the collection, over 80 are printed for the first time. Robert Maslen's detailed work on the manuscripts reveals the poems as a dazzling link between the fantasy world of Gormenghast and the narrative of Peake's own life and of the turbulent times he lived in.
Peake emerges as a compelling poet, with an acute sense of his responsibilities as an artist, passionately engaged with current events, from unemployment in the 1930s to the horrors of the London Blitz and the concentration camp at Bergen-Belsen. He is also a fine love-poet and a sensitive observer of the human form. Readers who love the world of Peake's novels, and those who are new to his work, will discover here one of the great originals of the twentieth century.
Cover painting Mervyn Peake, The Glassblower. Presented to Manchester City Galleries by H.M. Government War Artist's Advisory Committee, 1947. Cover design StephenRaw.com

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  • Title Collected Poems
  • Author Mervyn Peake; Robert Maslen (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 259
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Fyfieldbooks, Manchester [England]
  • Publication date 2008-08
  • ISBN 9781857549713 / 1857549716
  • Weight 0.65 lbs (0.29 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.51 x 5.32 x 0.55 in (21.62 x 13.51 x 1.40 cm)
  • Category Poetry
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008274772
  • Dewey Decimal Code 821.912

About the author

Mervyn Peake is the author of the Gormenghast novels, which includes "Titus Groan," as well as several poetry collections." "Robert Maslen is a professor at the Universityof Glasgow and a visiting professor at Dartmouth College."

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