Author: John Cowper PowysPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Glastonbury Romance
Author: John Cowper PowysMaiden Castle
Author: John Cowper PowysPublisher:
ISBN: 9780912568188
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 495
Book Description
The novels of John Cowper Powys are like none other, containing the romantic extravagance and comic exuberance of the great nineteenth-century novels with the self-conscious depth and introspection of the great Modernists. Maiden Castle portrays in pointillist detail the complexities of sexual and romantic feeling that bedevil an eccentric cast of characters, and explores the psychological idiosyncrasies that fuel their hopes and dreams, fantasies and failures. At the center of the novel is the aptly named Dud No-man, a historical novelist widowed after a yearlong unconsummated marriage to a woman who continues to haunt him. Inspired by pity and his own deep loneliness, Dud takes Wizzie Ravelston, an itinerant circus performer, into his home and heart. Their awkward yet endearing efforts to create a life together unfold in counterpoint to the romantic and familial relationships that sizzle and simmer in the village of Dorchester. Yet even as the characters in Maiden Castle struggle with the perplexities of love, desire and faith -- readjusting their sights and affections -- it is the looming fortress of Maiden Castle that exerts the otherworldly force that irrevocably determines the course of their lives.
Wolf Solent
Author: John Cowper PowysPublisher:
ISBN: 9780140021820
Category : English fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 633
Book Description
Often described as one of the great apocalyptic novels of our time, WOLF SOLENT is the story of a young man returning from London to work near to the school at which his father had been history master. Complex, romantic and humorous, it is a classicwork combining a close understanding of man's everyday experience with a delicate awareness of the spiritual.
Mr Weston's Good Wine
Author: T. F. PowysPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Mr Weston's Good Wine" by T. F. Powys. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Weymouth Sands
Author: John Cowper PowysPublisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN: 9780715638750
Category : Weymouth (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Drawing on his own vivid childhood memories of the seaside town of Weymouth, Powys creates a striking collection of human oddities, through which he shows his deep sympathy for the variety, eccentricity and loneliness of human beings.
A Companion to Thomas Hardy
Author: Keith WilsonPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118398513
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
Through original essays from a distinguished team of international scholars and Hardy specialists, A Companion to Thomas Hardy provides a unique, one-volume resource, which encompasses all aspects of Hardy's major novels, short stories, and poetry Informed by the latest in scholarly, critical, and theoretical debates from some of the world's leading Hardy scholars Reveals groundbreaking insights through examinations of Hardy’s major novels, short stories, poetry, and drama Explores Hardy's work in the context of the major intellectual and socio-cultural currents of his time and assesses his legacy for subsequent writers
A Companion to Thomas Hardy
Author: Keith WilsonPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1405156686
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 503
Book Description
Through original essays from a distinguished team of international scholars and Hardy specialists, A Companion to Thomas Hardy provides a unique, one-volume resource, which encompasses all aspects of Hardy's major novels, short stories, and poetry Informed by the latest in scholarly, critical, and theoretical debates from some of the world's leading Hardy scholars Reveals groundbreaking insights through examinations of Hardy’s major novels, short stories, poetry, and drama Explores Hardy's work in the context of the major intellectual and socio-cultural currents of his time and assesses his legacy for subsequent writers
Porius
Author: John Cowper PowysPublisher: Harry N. Abrams
ISBN: 9781585679959
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In a Roman fort in Wales at the turn of the sixth century, Porius, the son of a reigning prince, is aided by Merlin the magician, Nineue, and Medrawd in a battle for cultural survival.
Unclay
Author: T. F. PowysPublisher: New Directions Publishing
ISBN: 0811228207
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 323
Book Description
T. F. Powys is a forgotten genius like no other—and Unclay is his masterpiece New Directions is proud to present one of the most spellbinding novels you will read this year, and certainly the weirdest. First published in 1931, Unclay glows with an unworldly light—Death has come to the small village of Dodder to deliver a parchment with the names of two local mortals and the fatal word unclay upon it. When he loses the precious sheet, he is at a loss, and also free of his errand. Hungry to taste the sweet fruits of human life, Mr. John Death, as he is now known, takes a holiday in Dorsetshire and rests from his reaping. The village teems with the old virtues (love, kindness, patience) and the old sins (lust, avarice, greed). What unfolds is a witty, earthy, metaphysical, and delicious novel of enormous moral force and astonishing beauty.
One Hundred Best Books
Author: John Cowper PowysPublisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 77
Book Description
'One Hundred Best Books' is an essay where the author lays out his opinions on what he thinks is the best 100 books of all-time were, at the time when he was writing, which was in 1916. Some of the books that he included were downright controversial at the time, but are now widely celebrated, such as 'Alice in Wonderland' and 'Leaves of Grass'. Others, however, are books that were great then, and continue to be considered so now, such as 'The Odyssey', 'Faust', 'The Divine Comedy', and the poems of Walt Whitman.