Here you will find information about
the
contents of the journal,
how
to subscribe
what the press thinks of Peake Studies,
the availability
of back issues of PS
and of the old Mervyn Peake Review,
contributing to the journal,
news of recent and forthcoming books
on Peake,
a summary of centenary events,
a timeline of his life and a page of answers to
frequently asked questions about Peake.
Additionally,
there are many pages devoted to a primary and secondary Mervyn Peake bibliography. This
lists all known editions and impressions of books by Peake and illustrated by
Peake, plus his contributions to books and periodicals. Then it goes on to list
books (and parts of books) and articles about Peake, dissertations and theses
on Peake, and even a first-line and title index to Peake’s poetry.
The new books, new editions, and the events around the 100th anniversary of Peake’s birth are listed here.
You will also find pages about Mervyn Peake’s Vast
Alchemies (2009), Peter Winnington’s biography of Peake, and The
Voice of the Heart (2006), his study of the working of Peake’s imagination.
There’s a page of corrections and additions to Collected Poems, and to Complete Nonsense plus (below) links to other relevant sites.
What’s in Peake STUDIES?
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Subscriptions
The cost of each issue is then deducted from this sum, based on a price of 45 Swiss centimes per page. (This price includes post and packing to all countries. There are no additional charges, even if you pay through PayPal.)
There is no fixed rate per year. You are charged only for the pages that you receive, less for shorter issues and more for longer ones. In this way you’re sure to get your money’s worth!
Your initial payment of £40, US$60 or €42 pays for two-to-three issues, depending on their size and on the exchange rates at the time your payment is received. When your ‘page credit’ has run low, you will be invited to top it up.
If you are not sure whether you want to subscribe or not, browse the list of back issues and find out how good Peake STUDIES is by buying one or two.
There is a separate page for existing subscribers to top up their subscriptions or set up a standing order.
For libraries and other institutional subscribers, Peake STUDIES is available by direct subscription (enquire for current rates) from Au Village, 1453 Mauborget, Switzerland, or through major subscription agencies like Ex Libris, Harrassowitz, Swets, and Karger Libri (which provides free access to its database of journals). Further information for libraries can be found in Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory.
What the press thinks of Peake STUDIES
In volume 3, number 4, of the Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts, Brian Attebery wrote on PS volume 1, issues two and three:
‘This journal is both a sourcebook of materials and a guide to further reading. The production values and editorial standards are remarkably high for a publication that must necessarily have a limited audience’ (pp.151–2).
When Science Fiction Studies noticed Peake STUDIES, it called it ‘a very handsome journal.’ And the summer 1997 issue of Extrapolation (Vol.38, No.2) gave it favourable notice too.
On 12 April 2011, Wormwood’s blog called Peake STUDIES ‘one of the most consistently interesting and resourceful journals devoted to a single author in the fantasy field.’ This praise was repeated verbatim by the British Fantasy Society on June 5th.
A recent correspondent commented that ‘the editing style is refreshing, full of common sense and in no way ponderous (unlike so many journals).’
Back
copies of all issues published to date are available, listed here.
As two issues have
appeared each year since November 1988, and each volume contains four issues,
the most recent (the 47th) was Vol. 12, No. 3, for October 2011. As usual, it
was published on schedule.
Details
of prices and quantity discounts will be found at the head of the list of contents
of back issues.
Additionally, the contents of the old Mervyn Peake Peake Review (1975–1982) are listed on this site, along with details of how to buy scans of them.
Contributing to Peake STUDIES
Send
your ideas for articles, reviews, news, and views to me right now! 6000 words
is the recommended maximum for articles. Brief contributions are always welcome.
Articles should preferably follow Chicago Style but the MLA is also acceptable.
The main thing is to be consistent.
Writing
a dissertation on Peake? Send in details now! (Completed dissertations are listed in the bibliography on this site.)
Seen a mention of Peake in the press or a book? Share your discovery at once!
Please submit your contribution by e-mail
for consideration.
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Send all correspondence to
G. Peter Winnington
Au Village
1453 MAUBORGET
Switzerland
Phone +41 24
436 22 32
e-mail
Go here for more about the editor.
He is the
author of Vast Alchemies: the life and work of Mervyn
Peake
which was published in 2000 and is now replaced by
Mervyn Peake’s Vast Alchemies (2009)
with updated information and more than 60 new illustrations.
His The Voice of the Heart: the working of Mervyn
Peake’s imagination,
the first critical study to discuss all of Peake’s work
– novels, short stories, poems, illustrations, and plays –
was published in 2006 in hardback and
paperback by
Liverpool University Press (in the UK) and distributed by
Chicago
University Press (in the USA).
He also edited Mervyn Peake: the man
and his art
which was published by Peter
Owen in 2006.
Links
There is a
site maintained by Peake’s son Sebastian, with news of forthcoming publications
and exhibitions.
If you are wanting to buy secondhand copies of items by Peake,
you should visit the sites of
Mr
Pye Books and Cameron
House.
For paintings and drawings by Peake, contact Chris
Beetles who has a London gallery.
Works by Peake regularly come up for
sale at major auction houses such as Christies
and Bonham.
If you simply
want brief (and reliable) information about Mervyn Peake’s life and work,
go to The
Literary Encyclopedia and Literary Dictionary. Beware – some sites indulge
in fantastical nonsense, like listing The Craft of the Lead Pencil and
The Glassblowers as novels! A rational and balanced assessment of the Titus
books can be found on the Great
Science-Fiction and Fantasy site.
For
articles on illustrators and the art of illustration, see Illustration
magazine.
This site is listed by
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Designed and maintained by G Peter Winnington, it was last updated in December 2011.
All images by Mervyn Peake on this website are © the Mervyn Peake Estate.
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