I've not heard of the comparison to Tolstoy. Powys was never a popular writer, A Glastonbury Romance looked like it might make him some money, but he got sued over it, he was first a popular touring lecturer across the US and I think this early book captures something of that aspect of him. Since his death his already fading star continued to fade, but there have always been his champions, Colin Wilson championed him, David Bentley Hart featured him in his write up on the dispersal of his library, Morine Krissdottir wrote a good book of criticism and then a biography, which I didn't think too much of. Faber recently republished a bunch of his lesser known works, I suspect there will be people attracted to his works for sometime to come.
@@keriford54 also A. N Wilson called Porius the best book in English literature. It is strange the way a great star can fade. Powys himself writes about this in his autobiography.
@@keriford54 Henry Miller in 1964 called him "one of the greatest living spirits today, who's name should be on everybody's lips, just like Picasso or Einstein", high praise
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He also wrote about Thomas Hardy, Dante, Nietzshe...
Powys was once considered the English version of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. Today he is forgotten! The Gods have a sense of humor.
I've not heard of the comparison to Tolstoy. Powys was never a popular writer, A Glastonbury Romance looked like it might make him some money, but he got sued over it, he was first a popular touring lecturer across the US and I think this early book captures something of that aspect of him. Since his death his already fading star continued to fade, but there have always been his champions, Colin Wilson championed him, David Bentley Hart featured him in his write up on the dispersal of his library, Morine Krissdottir wrote a good book of criticism and then a biography, which I didn't think too much of. Faber recently republished a bunch of his lesser known works, I suspect there will be people attracted to his works for sometime to come.
@@keriford54 also A. N Wilson called Porius the best book in English literature. It is strange the way a great star can fade. Powys himself writes about this in his autobiography.
@@keriford54 Henry Miller in 1964 called him "one of the greatest living spirits today, who's name should be on everybody's lips, just like Picasso or Einstein", high praise