Ebook {Epub PDF} A Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys

John Cowper Powys [ˌdʒɒn ˌkuːpər ˈpoʊ.ɪs], född 8 oktober , död 17 juni , var en brittisk (engelsk-walesisk) författare, föreläsare och filosof.. John Cowper Powys föddes som äldste sonen till en präst i Dorset (Shirley, Derbyshire), och fick många syskon, av vilka bröderna Llewelyn Powys och Theodore Francis Powys också blev författare. But the vast canvas on which Powys paints is dominated by massive, swirling cosmic forces, which carelessly upset the tiny humans whose stories are ostensibly the subject of A Glastonbury Romance. As in Powys’s great novel, Wolf Solent, we are repeatedly told that the main male protagonist (John Crow) is out for himself and is profoundly lecherous - while the younger females are broadly passive /5(53). A Glastonbury romance Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. A Glastonbury romance by Powys, John Cowper, Publication date Topics Arthurian romances, New Age .

In some ways, John Cowper Powys's massive novel A Glastonbury Romance bears comparison with David Lindsay's massive novel Devil's bltadwin.ru are set in rural South West England, where mystical visions seem to presage a worldwide spiritual or religious revival; both spend a lot of time examining, in intense detail, the inner lives of their characters; and both are, as already said. Ducdame was John Cowper Powys' fourth novel published in It is set in Dorset. The protagonist, Rook Ashover (a wonderfully Powysian name) is an introverted young squire with a dilemma: to go on loving his mistress, Netta Page, or, make a respectable marriage and produce an heir. John Cowper Powys () lived in the United States as well as his native England. The author of ten novels, including A Glastonbury Romance, Weymouth Sands, and Maiden Castle, as well as many works of criticism and philosophy, he was the son of a vicar and a descendant of the poets Donne and Cowper.

But the vast canvas on which Powys paints is dominated by massive, swirling cosmic forces, which carelessly upset the tiny humans whose stories are ostensibly the subject of A Glastonbury Romance. As in Powys’s great novel, Wolf Solent, we are repeatedly told that the main male protagonist (John Crow) is out for himself and is profoundly lecherous - while the younger females are broadly passive receptacles for male desire (though the women also have their wilful moments). A Glastonbury Romance by John Cowper Powys. Publication date Topics City Collection digitallibraryindia; JaiGyan Language English. John Cowper Powys’s A Glastonbury Romance: A Reader’s Companion Updated and Expanded Edition W. J. Keith December