Essays on John Cowper Powys

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Illustrations Acknowledgements I. Introduction, by Belinda Humfrey II. "A Touch of Caricature": The Autobiography of John Cowper Powys, by Jeremy Hooker III. Powys's Complex Vision, by Michael Greenwald IV. John Cowper Powys: Landscape and Personality in the Early Novels, by Glen Cavaliero V. Whiteness, by Diane Fernandez (translated by Eileen Cottis) VI. John Cowper Powys and King Lear, by Frederick Davies VII. The Modus Vivendi of John Cowper Powys, by Timothy Hyman VIII. Style and the Man, by Bernard Jones IX. J. C. Powys and Romance, by Francis Berry X. Powys on Death, by G. Wilson Knight XI. The Sands Do Not Run Out, by H. P. Collins XII. The Pattern of Homecoming, by Gwyneth F. Miles XIII. The Sacrificial Prince: A Study of Owen Glendower, by Roland Mathias XIV. The Anarchy of the Imagination, by John A. Brebner XV. John Cowper Powys and his Publishers, by Malcolm Elwin XVI. Athene Provides, by Jonah Jones XVII. Powys in Gwynedd: the last years, by Raymond Garlick XVIII. John Cowper Powys (1872–1963), a poem by Robert Nye Appendix I - Some hitherto unpublished letters and poems by J. C. Powys (a) Some early letters from J. C. Powys to T. F. Powys (b) A chronicle of the writing of the middle works, extracted from letters from America to Littleton C. Powys, 1927 to 1934 (c) Extracts from letters to C. Benson Roberts (d) Three Poems: Saturn; Teiresias; The Stone Appendix II - Additions to John Cowper Powys: a record of achievement, by Derek Langridge Appendix III - Editions in English of the books by John Cowper Powys Notes on Contributors Index