Petrushka and the dancer
the diaries of John Cowper Powys, 1929-1939
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Contributions
- Krissdottir, Morine. - Contributor
Publication
1995 - Carcanet Press, Manchester, England
Language
English
Word Count
85,000 words, Guess
Page Count
340 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL784911M
- ISBN-101857540964
- OCLC Control Number32394174
- OCLC Control Number32091376
- Library of Congress Control Number95017084
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- Goodreads2610288
- LibraryThing2204430
Classifications
- DDC828/.91203
- LCCPR6031.O867 Z475 1995
Description
The extraordinary mind of the novelist John Cowper Powys (1872-1963) has never been so revealingly displayed as in this decade of diary entries, for the most part previously unpublished. They begin in America, as Powys withdraws from twenty-five years of freelance lecturing, and end in Wales, with the completion of Owen Glendower. Day-to-day preoccupations - from the aesthetic to the anatomical - are here, along with reflections on his works in progress (books on philosophy, religion and literature, and five novels including A Glastonbury Romance), encounters with members of his family, and observations of rural life in upstate New York, in his beloved West Country, and in Wales. The entries also chart the complexities of his exceptional intimate life with Phyllis Playter, to form her biography as well as his autobiography. Skilfully edited from the vast original text, this selection distils the essence of Powys's life.
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- Petrushka and the dancer: the diaries of John Cowper Powys, 1929-1939
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