Park

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TitlePark
Year for Search1932
AuthorsGray, John(1866-1934)
Date Published1932
PublisherPub. for the Author by Sheed & Ward and ptd. by Rene Hague & Eric Gill
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsMale author, UK author
Annotation

Roman Catholic, pastoral flawed utopia of blacks in England speaking Latin with whites living in overpopulated, dystopian caverns. Hierarchical with a nobility. Islands used as mental asylums and prisons.
Info Notes

Rpt. Aylesford, Eng.: St. Albert's Press, 1966; and, with the subtitle A Fantastic Story. Ed. Philip Healy. Manchester, Eng.: Carcanat Press, 1984 with an "Afterword" by the Editor (109-28). The first ed. was of only 250 copies and the first reprint was of only 350 copies. Parts originally published as "Park", "Park, II", "Park, III", and "Park IV". Blackfriars 12.140 (November 1931): 682-95; 13.142, 144 - 45 (January, March - April 1932): 45-51; 158-63; 231-42.
Illustration

Illus.
Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The author (1866-1934) was born in England and died in Scotland. He was poet and translator who was a friend of Oscar Wilde and active in the gay subculture and became a Dominican priest.
Full Text

1932 Gray, John (1866-1934). Park. Illus. London: Pub. for the Author by Sheed & Ward and ptd. by Rene Hague & Eric Gill. Rpt. Aylesford, Eng.: St. Albert’s Press, 1966; and, with the subtitle A Fantastic Story. Ed. Philip Healy. Manchester, Eng.: Carcanat Press, 1984 with an “Afterword” by the Editor (109-28). The first ed. was of only 250 copies and the first reprint was of only 350 copies. Parts originally published as “Park”, “Park, II”, “Park, III”, and “Park IV”. Blackfriars 12.140 (November 1931): 682-95; 13.142, 144 - 45 (January, March - April 1932): 45-51; 158-63; 231-42. L, PSt

Roman Catholic, pastoral flawed utopia of blacks in England speaking Latin with whites living in overpopulated, dystopian caverns. Hierarchical with a nobility. Islands used as mental asylums and prisons. The author was born in England and died in Scotland. He was poet and translator who was a friend of Oscar Wilde and active in the gay subculture and became a Dominican priest.