Open AccessDark and Deathless rabble of Long Shadows: Peake, Dickens, Tolkien, and ‘this dark hive called London’
Author(s) -
Hadas Elber-Aviram
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
peake studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2296-6404
pISSN - 1013-1191
DOI - 10.1515/peakest-2015-0002
Subject(s) - fantasy , style (visual arts) , contrast (vision) , class (philosophy) , art history , art , philosophy , visual arts , literature , computer science , epistemology , artificial intelligence
Examines Dickens's influence on Mervyn Peake, taking in their respective writing styles, artistic convictions, thematic explorations of class, and representations of the city. Uses J.R.R.Tolkien to tease out affiliations between Peake and Dickens by way of contrast with a third figure. Suggests that Peake forged a vital link between Dickensian fiction and a new generation of urban fantasy authors.