John Cowper Powys was een Britse romanschrijver en dichter wiens werken zich onderscheiden door een uniek gedetailleerde en intens zinnelijke recreatie van tijd, plaats en karakter. Zijn romans, die vaak verhoogde bewustzijnsstaten verkennen die voortkomen uit mystieke openbaring of ervaringen van extreem genot of pijn, duiken diep in de psyche. Naast zijn geprezen romans leverde Powys ook belangrijke bijdragen aan poëzie, essays, filosofie en literatuurkritiek. Zijn kenmerkende stijl en diepe psychologische inzicht maken hem tot een belangrijke stem in de moderne literatuur.
Set in 1400, amidst impending revolt in Wales, this novel follows a mad rebel priest and his beautiful companion condemned to burn at the stake during a market fair. It explores themes of war, love, and magic, while vividly depicting a psychologically complex and mythic period.
'I have tried to write my life as if I were confessing to a priest, a philosopher, and a wise old woman. I have tried to write it as if I were both God and Devil.' One is tempted to say only John Cowper Powys could have written that, and, beyond doubt, only John Cowper Powys could have written the idiosyncratic and spellbinding work we have here.
Divided in two parts, this book includes: Analysis of Culture which deals with, in separate chapters, Philosophy, Literature, Poetry, Painting and Religion, and Application of Culture which covers Happiness, Love, Nature, The Art of Reading, Human Relations, Destiny, and Obstacles to Culture.
Jobber Skald, a large and brutish man, is driven by a desire to kill the local magnate due to his disdain for quarry workers and his deep love for Perdita Wane, a young girl from the Channel Islands.
This chronicle details the lives of inhabitants of the Somerset town of Glastonbury over a period of approximately a year. Much of the novel focuses on the relationship between the modern world and Glastonbury, hub of numerous Grail legends and (according to some legends) the original Isle of Avalon
Wood and Stone was John Cowper Powys' first novel published in 1915. The novel is set in the area of south Somerset that John Cowper Powys grew up in. When he wrote it Powys was living in the USA and it is perhaps this absence that accounts for the heightened vividness of the descriptive writing.
Presents a story of a young man returning from London to work near to the school at which his father had been history master. This book reflects a close understanding of man's everyday experience with a delicate awareness of the spiritual. schovat popis
Samphire is a novel by John Cowper Powys. It tells the story of two families living in a small seaside town in England and explores the themes of love, desire, and the search for meaning in life.