wolf_solent | author | john_cowper_powys <sep> wolf solent is a novel by john cowper powys (1872–1963) that was written while he was based in patchin place, new york city, and travelling around the us as a lecturer it was published by simon and schuster in may 1929 in new york the british edition, published by jonathan cape, appeared in july 1929 this, powys's fourth novel, was his first literary success it is a bildungsroman in which the eponymous protagonist, a thirty-five-year-old history teacher, returns to his birthplace, where he discovers the inadequacy of his dualistic philosophy 
john cowper powys is the author of wolf solent.john cowper powys'wolf solent is his fourth novel