Descents of Memory
The Life of John Cowper Powys
Published on 6. September 2007
Book
Hardback
480 pages
978-1-58567-917-1 (ISBN)
Description
A comprehensive portrait of the distinguished English author of such works as Wolf Solent and A Glastonbury Romance includes coverage of his childhood in Derbyshire, his celebrated lecture tours, and his relationship with his own writing.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 165 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
726 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58567-917-1 (9781585679171)
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Person
Morine Krissdottir is the author of John Cowper Powys and the Magical Quest and editor of Petrushka and the Dancer: The Diaries of John Cowper Powys, 1929-1939 and The Dorset Year: The Diary of John Cowper Powys, June 1934-July 1935. She edited the first complete edition of Powys's masterpiece, Porius, available now from Duckworth. She lives in Dorset.