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The Gormenghast Novels

Author : Mervyn Peake
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Release Date : 1995-12-01
ISBN 10 : 0879516283
Pages : 1196 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (879 downloads)

Download The Gormenghast Novels PDF Format Full Free by Mervyn Peake and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 1995-12-01 with total page 1196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first complete paperback edition of the restored Gormenghast Novels, including twelve critical essays and the original fragment of Mervyn Peake's unfinished fourth novel, Titus Awakes.

Titus Groan

Author : Mervyn Peake
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Release Date : 2007-06-26
ISBN 10 : 1585679070
Pages : 400 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (585 downloads)

Download Titus Groan PDF Format Full Free by Mervyn Peake and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 2007-06-26 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave and to Gormenghast Castle, is born and spends the first years of his life in a pinnacled castle amidst rituals and grotesque persons, in a new edition of the first volume in the macabre classic fantasy. Reprint.

Voices for the Future

Author : Thomas D. Clareson
Publisher : Popular Press
Release Date : 1984
ISBN 10 : 0879722525
Pages : 220 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (879 downloads)

Download Voices for the Future PDF Format Full Free by Thomas D. Clareson and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays discuss the fiction of Jack Williamson, Olaf Stapledon, Clifford D. Simak, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, and others

Postmodern Existentialism in Mervyn Peake's Titus Books

Author : Lauren R. Moss
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Release Date : 2010-07-05
ISBN 10 : 9781599423418
Pages : pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (423 downloads)

Download Postmodern Existentialism in Mervyn Peake's Titus Books PDF Format Full Free by Lauren R. Moss and published by Universal-Publishers. This book was released on 2010-07-05 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Much of the discussion about Peake's Titus Books has been about how to place them in the lexicon of English literature. I am proposing that these books should be read as works of postmodern existentialism. Both postmodern theory and existential theory are interested in the same issues, such as the loss of grand narratives, the rejection of totalizing world views, the subjectivity of truth, the nature of one's existence, and the search for meaning in an increasingly incomprehensible world. Societal issues, such as political upheaval, the growth of major cities, war, and advances in science and technology have led both postmodern and existentialist thinkers to view the world as chaotic and intrinsically unknowable and man's place within that world as increasingly unstable. All of these concerns are addressed in Peake's texts. Peake's novels reflect the existential struggle of its hero, Titus Groan, to break free of the Hegelian world view represented by Gormenghast and its traditions, and into a world in which he is free to be an individual and to find his own truth. Peake uses images of solitude and extreme isolation to represent the essential human condition as conceived by existentialist philosophers like Kierkegaard and Nietzsche. It is when they are alone that his characters are truly free to be themselves, without the social constraints imposed by the history and traditions of the castle. Titus's rebellion against Gormenghast represents the rejection of totalizing world views, a rejection found at the heart of postmodernism and existentialism. Incredulity toward mass society and culture are also central issues in postmodernism and existentialism. Nietzsche, who is claimed by both existentialists and postmodernists as a forerunner of their respective philosophies, claimed that God is dead, a belief reflected in the distinct absence of God from the Titus books; instead God is replaced by the ritual of Gormenghast. In Titus Alone He is replaced by technology. This also demonstrates the distrust felt by existentialists and postmodernists alike of a mass society in which the individual is consumed and becomes simply a part of the faceless crowd. Peake expresses a deep suspicion of technology and scientific advancement, a distinctly postmodern suspicion, that was not uncommon among writers after the second World War. By examining closely the concepts and themes associated with both postmodern and existential theory, it is clear that Peake's Titus Books are deeply concerned with both philosophies. Though Peake does not successfully answer the philosophical questions his novels pose, it is significant that his work attempts to do so.

To be Continued

Author : Merle Jacob
Publisher : Greenwood Publishing Group
Release Date : 2000
ISBN 10 : 9781573561556
Pages : 465 pages
Rating : 4.5/5 (561 downloads)

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The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy

Author : Mervyn Peake
Publisher : Random House
Release Date : 2011-06-23
ISBN 10 : 9781409019794
Pages : 960 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (19 downloads)

Download The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy PDF Format Full Free by Mervyn Peake and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-06-23 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Peake's books are actual additions to life; they give, like certain rare dreams, sensations we never had before, and enlarge our conception of the range of possible experience' C.S. Lewis Enter the world of Gormenghast. The vast crumbling castle to which the seventy-seventh Earl, Titus Groan, is Lord and heir. Titus is expected to rule this Gothic labyrinth of turrets and dungeons, cloisters and corridors as well as the eccentric and wayward subject. Things are changing in the castle and Titus must contend with a kingdom about to implode beneath the weight of centuries of intrigue, treachery, manipulation and murder.

Stuckness in the Fiction of Mervyn Peake

Author : Alice Mills
Publisher : Rodopi
Release Date : 2005
ISBN 10 : 9789042017085
Pages : 239 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (17 downloads)

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The Enemy Series, Books 1-3

Author : Charlie Higson
Publisher : Penguin UK
Release Date : 2015-10-29
ISBN 10 : 9780141369938
Pages : 1344 pages
Rating : 4.9/5 (369 downloads)

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Puffin Good Reading Guide for Children

Author : Ruskin Bond
Publisher : Penguin Books India
Release Date : 2006-05
ISBN 10 : 0143335073
Pages : 282 pages
Rating : 4.3/5 (143 downloads)

Download Puffin Good Reading Guide for Children PDF Format Full Free by Ruskin Bond and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2006-05 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to fiction in English for readers aged four to sixteen, The Puffin Good Reading Guide for Children is divided into three sections to suit every age group. It has entries listing over 1000 books, and is divided into categories with cross-references so that children can read more in genres they like. It includes both classics and the best of contemporary works and books from all over the world. With an introduction by Ruskin Bond, India's best-known children's writer in English, The Puffin Good Reading Guide is an invaluable resource for children who love books, as well as for parents and friends looking for the right book for the young people in their lives.

Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Vol 1

Author : R. Reginald
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2010-09
ISBN 10 : 9780941028752
Pages : 800 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (28 downloads)

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature

Author : R. Reginald
Publisher : Wildside Press LLC
Release Date : 2010-09
ISBN 10 : 9780941028769
Pages : 800 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (28 downloads)

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The Story Maker Motivator

Author : Frances Dickens
Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2017-07-05
ISBN 10 : 9781351371681
Pages : 232 pages
Rating : 4.6/5 (371 downloads)

Download The Story Maker Motivator PDF Format Full Free by Frances Dickens and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story Maker Motivator is an inspiring resource for educators and anyone else aiming to help secondary school pupils write and think creatively. Based on tried and tested activities and approaches first presented in the authors' award-winning book for primary schools, this is a unique collection of classroom materials. "If I was Head of English I would definitely use it. It is packed with ideas, there are so many lessons a teacher could get out of it. It is different from anything I have seen." Roger Mason retired Head Teacher of Backwell Secondary School, Bristol. Topics covered include narrative planning, beginnings, cliffhangers, suspense hooks, endings, objects, characters, feelings, settings, speech and sound, descriptive story elements and thesauruses. Other key features include: - a mixture of photos, illustrations, and scenarios to inspire creativity; - sample plans to help you devise stimulating lessons; - a CD ROM containing printable versions of activities and lesson plans. Suitable for English teachers, student teachers, EFL teachers, special needs teachers, learning support teachers and parents working at home with their children, this wide-ranging resource provides a unique approach to broadening writing and thinking skills. You may also be interested in the award-winning book for primary schools by the same author: The Story Maker.

Mervyn Peake; a Biographical and Critical Exploration

Author : John Batchelor
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Release Date : 1974
ISBN 10 : UOM:39015000543713
Pages : 176 pages
Rating : 4./5 ( downloads)

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Titus Groan

Author : Mervyn Peake
Publisher : Random House
Release Date : 2011-08-12
ISBN 10 : 9781409007074
Pages : 515 pages
Rating : 4.0/5 (7 downloads)

Download Titus Groan PDF Format Full Free by Mervyn Peake and published by Random House. This book was released on 2011-08-12 with total page 515 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The brilliant first novel in the legendary gothic fantasy trilogy As the first novel opens, Titus, heir to Lord Sepulchrave, has just been born: he stands to inherit the miles of rambling stone and mortar that stand for Gormenghast Castle. Inside, all events are predetermined by a complex ritual, lost in history, understood only by Sourdust, Lord of the Library. There are tears and strange laughter; fierce births and deaths beneath umbrageous ceilings; dreams and violence and disenchantment contained within a labyrinth of stone. As the ruling family grows, deep in the cavernous kitchens the ambitious scullery boy Steerpike plots his ascent, determined to subvert the archaic order and bring revolution to the ancient stasis of Gormenghast.

Style in Fiction

Author : Geoffrey N. Leech
Publisher : Pearson Education
Release Date : 2007
ISBN 10 : 0582784093
Pages : 404 pages
Rating : 4.7/5 (582 downloads)

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Wastepaper Modernism

Author : Joseph Elkanah Rosenberg
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-04
ISBN 10 : 9780198852445
Pages : 240 pages
Rating : 4.4/5 (852 downloads)

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Modern Fantasy

Author : Colin N. Manlove
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2020-04-16
ISBN 10 : 9781532691829
Pages : 318 pages
Rating : 4.8/5 (691 downloads)

Download Modern Fantasy PDF Format Full Free by Colin N. Manlove and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2020-04-16 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After a decade from 1965 which had seen the growth in Britain and America of an enormous interest in fantasy literature, and a rise in its academic repute from cold to lukewarm, a serious study of the subject seemed long overdue. In this first critical book in its time on modern English fantasy, Colin Manlove surveys a representative group of modern fantasies—in the Victorian period in the children's scientific and Christian fantasy The Water-Babies by Charles Kingsley and the mystical fantasy of the Scottish writer George MacDonald; and from the twentieth century the interplanetary romances of C. S. Lewis, the post-war fantasy of rebellious youth in Mervyn Peake's Gormenghast books, and the quest to avert apocalypse in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. The aim with all these works is to show the peculiar literary experiences they offer and to assess their strengths and limitations in relation to wider English literature. In the introduction to his book, Manlove gives a definition of fantasy, marking off the genre from its near neighbors science fiction and “Gothic” or horror story, and distinguishing between fantasies that are serious works of imagination and those that are fanciful or escapist. Each chapter that follows is primarily a literary analysis set in a context of the writer's life, thought, and other works. As the book proceeds, there begins to emerge a picture of the originality and merit of the writers, but at the same time the sense of a division in the purpose of each writer, whereby their works fail to abide by their own laws. In the conclusion to this book Manlove draws the different types of division found into one and argues that the problem is one that is endemic to the writing of modern fantasy.