Mervyn Peake: The Man and His Art by G. Peter Winnington (.PDF)
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Mervyn Peake: The Man and His Art by G. Peter Winnington, Sebastian Peake and Alison Eldred
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Overview: In this highly illustrated biography, Mervyn Peake’s son Sebastian Peake has collaborated with Alison Eldred and G. Peter Winnington, author of a highly acclaimed biography of Mervyn Peake, to compile a stunning collection of illustrations, paintings, photographs, letters, notebook pages and other material much of which has never been published to produce a unique memoir of the artist’s life and work.
Contributors who discuss various aspects of his literary and visual output include the writers Michael Moorcock and Joanne Harris, Langdon Jones, editor of Titus Alone, artists John Howe and Chris Riddell, David Glass and John Constable, creators of the stage version of the Gormenghast trilogy, and Estelle Daniels, producer of the BBC dramatization. The book includes sections on Peake’s upbringing as the son of a missionary in China, his development as an illustrator, artist and writer, marriage and fatherhood, his wartime experiences, creation of the Titus trilogy, Mister Pye and other literary works and his tragic decline as illness overcame him, resulting in his early death.
Genre: Non-Fiction > Biographies & Memoirs
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