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John Cowper Powys ( / ˈkuːpər ˈpoʊɪs / KOO-pər POH-iss; 8 October 1872 – 17 June 1963) was an English novelist, philosopher, lecturer, critic and poet born in Shirley, Derbyshire, where his father was vicar of the parish church in 1871–1879. [1]
John Cowper Powys (born October 8, 1872, Shirley, Derbyshire, England—died June 17, 1963, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Merioneth, Wales) was a Welsh novelist, essayist, and poet, known chiefly for his long panoramic novels, including Wolf Solent (1929), A Glastonbury Romance (1932), and Owen Glendower (1940).
Apr 27, 2024 · John Cowper Powys was a prolific novelist, essayist, letter writer, poet and philosopher, and a writer of enormous scope, complexity, profundity and humour. A powerful orator, he spent over thirty years as an itinerant lecturer in the United States, during which time he wrote his first four novels.
The aims of The Powys Society are: JOHN COWPER POWYS. To promote a wider general readership and stimulate scholarly study and discussion of the works of the Powys brothers. To provide a comprehensive and accurate resource on the life and works of the Powyses.
Overview. John Cowper Powys. (1872—1963) novelist and writer. Quick Reference. (1872–1963), brother of Llewelyn and Theodore Powys, was brought up in the Dorset–Somerset countryside which was to become of great importance in his later writing.
Oct 11, 2007 · John Cowper Powys is a form of literary Marmite. If you are a Marmite lover like Iris Murdoch and John Bayley, you will want to read Powys with breakfast, supper and tea. If you like your...
Nov 24, 2015 · John Cowper Powys, a clergyman’s son from Dorset, wrote what I have long considered to be the finest novel by an Englishman in the 20th century, but his name remains little known, even...
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