Descents of Memory

The Life of John Cowper Powys

• Author(s): Morine Krissdottir, Krissdottir,
• Publisher: Duckworth
• Pages: 480
• ISBN_10: 0715637614
  ISBN_13: 9780715637616
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures ,

Description:... John Cowper Powys' works have been described as 'the only novels produced by an English writer that can fairly be compared to the fictions of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky. This biography delves into the life of the writer, from his childhood in Derbyshire through his lecture tours through England and the US; and his relationship with his own writing.