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Dark and Deathless rabble of Long Shadows: Peake, Dickens, Tolkien, and ‘this dark hive called London’

2015/04/01 by Hadas Elber-Aviram · 1 citation
Social Sciences · #Art #Art history #Artificial intelligence #Class (philosophy) #Computer science #Contrast (vision) #Decadence, Literature, and Society #Epistemology #Fantasy #Literature #Migration, Policy, and Dickens Studies #Philosophy #Style (visual arts) #Visual arts

paper · pdf · doi:10.1515/peakest-2015-0002

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Abstract

Abstract 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.

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