Titus Awakes
novel 2011 Gormenghast
Record
| First published | 2011 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780099552765 |
Synopsis
Titus Awakes, intended as the fourth Gormenghast novel, was begun by Mervyn Peake around 1960 but left unfinished at his death in 1968; his wife Maeve Gilmore later completed it using his notes, following Titus's travels beyond the castle into the wider world and eventually to the island of Sark.
Where it sits
- Universe: Gormenghast
- Series: not part of a registered series (standalone work within its universe)
- Author: Maeve Gilmore
- Author: Mervyn Peake
Notes
- Written almost entirely by Maeve Gilmore (Peake's widow) in 1970-1976 under her own title 'Search Without End', from a ~3-page fragment Peake drafted circa 1960; Peake Studies is emphatic the novel is 'all her own work'. Rediscovered in the family attic and published for Peake's 2011 centenary with Peake's fragment as chapter 1. Credited Gilmore-first per the established completer-credit rule, never to be listed as by Peake alone.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within Gormenghast (standalone work): position 5 of 5: previous Titus Alone (1959)
Sources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gormenghast_(series)
- https://sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/peake_mervyn
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus_Awakes
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