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Books by John Cowper Powys

John Cowper Powys (1872-1963) was born in Derbyshire, brought up in the West Country (the Somerset/Dorset border area was to have a lasting influence on him), went to Cambridge University and then became a teacher and lecturer mainly in the USA where he lived for about thirty years. On returning to the UK, after a short spell in Dorset, he settled in Wales in 1935 where he lived for the rest of his long life. Those are the bare bones of his life. In some senses they seem unimportant when set alongside his extraordinary writing career. Not only was output prodigious, it was like nothing else in English Literature. Indeed, George Steiner has made the bold claim that his works are 'the only novels produced by an English writer that can fairly be compared to the fictions of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky'. And even that doesn't touch on their multifarious strangeness. John Cowper Powys wrote compulsively: letters, diaries, short stories, fantasies, poetry, literary criticism, philosophy and, above all, novels poured out of him. He also wrote a remarkable autobiography. In addition to his Autobiography his masterpieces are considered to be Wolf Solent, Glastonbury Romance, Weymouth Sands and Porius. But his lesser, or less well-known, works shouldn't be overlooked, they spring from the same weird, mystical, brilliant and obsessive imagination. John Cowper Powys is a challenging author with an impressive list of admirers. In addition to George Steiner, these have included Robertson Davies, Margaret Drabble, Theodore Dreiser, Henry Miller, J. B. Priestley and Angus Wilson.
Autobiography By John Cowper Powys
Autobiographyby John Cowper Powys
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$64.99
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Maiden Castle By John Cowper Powys
Maiden Castleby John Cowper Powys
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$29.49
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Weymouth Sands By John Cowper Powys
Weymouth Sandsby John Cowper Powys
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$27.99
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Owen Glendower By John Cowper Powys
Owen Glendowerby John Cowper Powys
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$47.99
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Porius By John Cowper Powys
Poriusby John Cowper Powys
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$66.99
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Weymouth Sands By John Cowper Powys
Weymouth Sandsby John Cowper Powys
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$30.99
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A Glastonbury Romance By John Cowper Powys
A Glastonbury Romanceby John Cowper Powys
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$87.99
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Autobiography By John Cowper Powys
Autobiographyby John Cowper Powys
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$21.49
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After My Fashion By John Cowper Powys
After My Fashionby John Cowper Powys
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$42.99
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Weymouth Sands By John Cowper Powys
Weymouth Sandsby John Cowper Powys
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$43.99
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Ducdame By John Cowper Powys
Ducdameby John Cowper Powys
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The Meaning of Culture By John Cowper Powys
The Meaning of Cultureby John Cowper Powys
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Wood and Stone By John Cowper Powys
Wood and Stoneby John Cowper Powys
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Weymouth Sands By John Cowper Powys
Weymouth Sandsby John Cowper Powys
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Owen Glendower By John Cowper Powys
Owen Glendowerby John Cowper Powys
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$30.99
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Rodmoor By John Cowper Powys
Rodmoorby John Cowper Powys
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Weymouth Sands By John Cowper Powys
Weymouth Sandsby John Cowper Powys
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$49.99
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Three Fantasies By John Cowper Powys
Three Fantasiesby John Cowper Powys
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The Inmates By John Cowper Powys
The Inmatesby John Cowper Powys
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Maiden Castle By John Cowper Powys
Maiden Castleby John Cowper Powys
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$54.99
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The Brazen Head By John Cowper Powys
The Brazen Headby John Cowper Powys
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Psychoanalysis And Morality By John Cowper Powys
Psychoanalysis And Moralityby John Cowper Powys
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The Meaning of Culture By John Cowper, Powys
The Meaning of Cultureby John Cowper, Powys
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Weymouth Sands By John Cowper Powys
Weymouth Sandsby John Cowper Powys
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Wolf Solent By John Cowper Powys
Wolf Solentby John Cowper Powys
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Wolf Solent By John Cowper Powys
Wolf Solentby John Cowper Powys
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Wolf Solent - A Novel By John Cowper Powys
Wolf Solent - A Novelby John Cowper Powys
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Brazen Head By John Cowper Powys
Brazen Headby John Cowper Powys
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After My Fashion By John Cowper Powys
After My Fashionby John Cowper Powys
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