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John Cowper Powys. Macdonald, 1967 - Novelists, English - 672 pages. ... Critics and fellow novelists consider Powys's 1934 Autobiography to be his finest work, ...
Search for: 'John Cowper Powys' in Oxford 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. He became a prolific writer of poetry and of essays on philosophy and religion, and produced a remarkable Autobiography ...
October 08, 1872. Died. June 17, 1963. Genre. Fiction. edit data. Powys was born in Shirley, Derbyshire, where his father was vicar. His mother was descended from the poet William Cowper, hence his middle name. His two younger brothers, Llewelyn Powys and Theodore Francis Powys, also became well-known writers.
1 de ago. de 2000 · TO some readers, John Cowper Powys is a long-winded, bombastic bore and an almost pathological celebrant of oddball sex and chthonic realms. To most, he is an unknown quantity.
1 de jan. de 1994 · Critics and fellow novelists consider Powys's 1934 Autobiography to be his finest work, and many believe it to be one of the best self-portraits ever produced. The book is unusual for a literary autobiography in that it is about Powys as a person and not as a writer. This edition contains an introduction by J.B. Priestley.
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Cowper Powys hardly needs my evaluation. This towering and unusual man of letters never ceases to surprise by his honesty and naiveté, and delights at every turn. Black marks however to the typesetter -- an unacceptable number of typos, sloppy punctuation etc.
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24 de mai. de 2024 · John Cowper Powys, c'est le grand écrivain anglais que nous ignorons et qu'il nous faut maintenant découvrir à titre posthume. Il est mort, il y a deux ans, dans sa retraite du Pays de Galles ...
