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Published to coincide with the celebration of this beloved poet's centenary, this volume contains all the poems and illustrations previously published in Mervyn Peake's much-loved Book of Nonsense in addition to 40 unpublished works discovered in manuscripts and various uncollected sources. Accompanied by newfound drawings by Peake as well as the nonsense verses from his novels, this record will delight his fans and win over new ones.
Published to coincide with the celebration of this beloved poet's centenary, this volume contains all the poems and illustrations previously published in Mervyn Peake's much-loved Book of Nonsense in addition to 40 unpublished works discovered in manuscripts and various uncollected sources. Accom...
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Mervyn Peake was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is the author of the Gormenghast novels and four collections of poems published during his lifetime: The Glassblowers, Poems & Drawings, A Reverie of Bone, and Shapes & Sounds. Robert Maslen is a senior lecturer at the University of Glasgow and the editor of Collected Poems: Mervyn Peake. G. Peter Winnington is the author of Mervyn Peake's Vast Alchemies: The Illustrated Biography and the edior of the periodical Peake Studies.
Mervyn Peake was an English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator. He is the author of the Gormenghast novels and four collections of poems published during his lifetime: The Glassblowers, Poems & Drawings, A Reverie of Bone, and Shapes & Sounds. Robert Maslen is a senior lecturer at the Universi...
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