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Powys, Theodore Francis, 1875-1953

 

Dates

  • Existence: 1875 - 1953

Biography

Theodore Francis Powys was born on December 20, 1875 in Shirley, England. He is best remembered for his allegorical novel Mr. Weston's Good Wine (1927), where Weston the wine merchant is evidently God. Powys was influenced by the Bible, John Bunyan, Jonathan Swift and other writers of the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as later writers such as Thomas Hardy and Friederich Nietzsche. He died on November 27, 1953.

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Theodore Powys manuscripts

 Collection
Identifier: MS-342
MS-342
Date(s): 1930 to 1936
Abstract

Theodore Francis Powys (1875-1953), British novelist. The collection contains the manuscript of his his novel "When Thou Wast Naked" and the essay "The Windmill."

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