John Cowper Powys
Powys was a prodigious and eccentric novelist whose vast mythological fictions drew on Welsh and West Country landscapes to create a unique imaginative world. Wolf Solent and A Glastonbury Romance are among the most ambitious novels of the interwar period.
Works
- Wolf SolentPhilosophical novel of a man's spiritual journey and romantic entanglement in rural Dorset
- A Glastonbury RomanceVast novel exploring collective spiritual awakening and reincarnation centered in Glastonbury
- Weymouth SandsNovel set in a seaside town exploring bohemian artists and their romantic and philosophical entanglements
- Maiden CastleNovel set in a prehistoric fortress exploring the spiritual and sensual awakening of prehistoric humans
- Owen GlendowerEpic historical novel of the Welsh hero Owen Glendower's struggle against English conquest