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The Voice of the Heart

the working of Mervyn Peake's imagination

by G. Peter Winnington

Analysis and interpretationEnglish literature, history and criticismCriticism and interpretation

A study of major themes and motifs in Peake's works, taking in his prose (novels and short stories), poems, plays, illustrations and illustrated books for children. It finds an aporia at the root of his world: the part that yearns to rejoin the whole it is detached from cannot do so without ceasing to be a part.

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Book data: Open Library