Gormenghast

Gormenghast Author: Mervyn Peake
Publisher: Random House

... Gormenghast Mountain arose in the sightless night . It was the single explo- sion that was the traditional warning of danger . He knew it meant that his disappearance had not only been discovered , but that his defiance of Gormenghast ...

The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy

The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy Author: Mervyn Peake
Publisher: Random House

... Gormenghast , Peake starts , that is , the main massing of the original stone ' , as if , in response to that opening name , we had interrupted him with a request for clarification . We did not say ' What is Gormenghast ? ' , but ...

The Gormenghast Trilogy

The Gormenghast Trilogy Author: Mervyn Peake
Publisher: Random House

... Gormenghast ! Your Ladyship Fuchsia of Gormenghast ! Their Ladyships Cora and Clarice Groan of Gormenghast ! Arise ! ' Barquentine crutched himself forward on the slippery stage until he was within a few inches of the edge . There was ...

The Art of Gormenghast

The Art of Gormenghast Author: Estelle Daniel
Publisher: HarperCollins (UK)

... Gormenghast , now finger - printed with the violet pastels , rainy - day wellingtons sticking out , guaranteed to trip up anyone else who might want to buy a copy of the book . ' Mum , what is Gormenghast about ? " Later , sitting down ...

The Gormenghast Novels

The Gormenghast Novels Author: Mervyn Peake
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams

... Gormenghast " © 1973 Hugh Brogan . Reprinted from The Cambridge Review , vol . 95 , no . 2217 , 23 Nov. 1973 . " Situating Gormenghast " © 1979 Ronald Binns . Reprinted from Critical Quarterly , vol . 21. no . 1 , 1979 . " The Passions ...

The Fantasts

The Fantasts Author: T. E. Little
Publisher:

... Gormenghast and the people within it are horrible enough , but the direction of individual loyalties towards things , the overall loyalty towards the castle , is monstrous . Even the lord of Gormenghast is an abstract symbol ; his ...

Mervyn Peake

Mervyn Peake Author: Sebastian Peake
Publisher: Peter Owen Publishers

... Gormenghast ( and never would ) on the Croisette in Cannes . I wrote many thousands of words about Gormenghast - a volume for Lord Groan's library or a box of documents for Barquentine . Such is the richness of the material provided by ...

The New York Times Book Review

The New York Times Book Review Author:
Publisher:

... Gormenghast and the memorable people who live inside and outside its timeless walls The Gormenghast Trilogy TITUS GROAN - Mervyn Peake Titus Groan THE GORMENGHAST TRILOGY - VOLUME ONE Mervyn Peake GORMENGHAST - Mervyn Peak Gormenghast THE ...

Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature

Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature Author: Frank Northen Magill
Publisher:

... Gormenghast ( 1950 ) ; Titus Alone ( 1959 ) Type of work : Novels Time : A fictional Gothic period Locale : The castle of Gormenghast and a futuristic world Titus Groan is born and reared in the huge castle of Gormenghast , to which he ...