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Item Details
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DESCENTS OF MEMORY
THE LIFE OF JOHN COWPER POWYS |
| By: |
Morine Krissdottir |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£18.95 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0715637614 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780715637616 |
| Publisher: |
DUCKWORTH OVERLOOK |
| Pub. date: |
1 October, 2010 |
| Pages: |
480 |
| Description: |
John Cowper Powys' works have been described as 'the only novels produced by an English writer that can fairly be compared to the fictions of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. This biography delves into the life of the writer, from his childhood in Derbyshire through his lecture tours through England and the US; and his relationship with his own writing. |
| Synopsis: |
John Cowper Powys' works have been described as 'the only novels produced by an English writer that can fairly be compared to the fictions of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky...with an immensity to which only Blake could provide a parallel in English literature' (George Steiner, "The New Yorker"). His talents were manifested by such books as his "Autobiography", "Wolf Solent", "Weymouth Sands", and "A Glastonbury Romance". In this, Powys' first comprehensive biography, eminent scholar Morine Krissdottir delves into the life of the writer, from his childhood in Derbyshire through his celebrated lecture tours through England and the US; from his life's loves to his relationship with his own writing.Krissdottir demonstrates that Powys - known as much for his essays, letters, poetry, and philosophy as he was for his fiction - was a man whose writing had a scope matched only by the breadth of his life. Using primary sources, never-before-seen archival materials (including photos), and Powys' own writings, Krissdottir pieces together this life in a way that will be impossible to forget. |
| Illustrations: |
16pp insert |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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