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John Cowper Powys (pronounced /ˌdʒɒn ˌkuːpər ˈpoʊ.ɪs/ ) (October 8, 1872 - June 17, 1963) was a British writer, lecturer, and philosopher. Powys was born in Shirley, Derbyshire, the son of a Vi...
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The realm of John Cowper Powys is dangerous. The reader may wander for years in this parallel universe, entrapped and bewitched, and never reach its end. There is always another book to discover, another work to reread.
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He's not a writer that everyone can stomach, but those of us who like his writing are always hungry for more. ... I have spent the last five years of my life writing the biography of an author whom many critics loathe. John Cowper Powys is a form of literary Marmite.
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Not everyone falls for John Cowper Powys, but those who do fall hard ... John Cowper Powys wrote about "the three incomprehensibles": sex, religion, and nature. And wrote. And wrote...
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A bibliography of John Cowper Powys's books, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. ... FantasticFiction > Authors P > John Cowper Powys...
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Book review: It is not hard to understand why John Cowper Powys has never had the recognition he deserves as one of the twentieth century's most remarkable novelists. ... John Gray; THE DORSET PROUST; Descents of Memory: The Life of John Cowper Powys; By Morine Krissdóttir (Overlook Duckworth 480pp £25.00);
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The Powys Society ... "The other day I began reading A Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys. My head began bursting as I read. No, I said to myself, it is impossible that any man can put all this—so much—on paper. It is super-human.
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Margaret Drabble John Cowper Powys TLS ... John Cowper Powys is a biographer’s nightmare. He was immensely productive, he continued to publish until he was in his late eighties, he kept a diary, he wrote thousands of letters, and his handwriting was illegible.
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John Cowper Powys (1872-1963) ... John Cowper Powys, a major English writer of our times, spent thirty years of his life in America as an itinerant lecturer, thus acquiring a personal view on the United States at that time.
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