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Edwin Muir Selected Poems
Edwin Muir
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Paperback. A collection of poems which are haunted by the symbolic 'fable' which the poet longed to find beneath the surface 'story' of mere events, as he came to terms with his own nature amidst the terror and confusion of the European maelstrom. Editor(s): Imlah, Mick. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 136.
Born on the Orkney island of Wyre in 1887, Edwin Muir settled in various parts of Europe during the first half of the twentieth century - from Glasgow, to Austria and Czechoslovakia throughout to 1920s, 1930s and again after the war. Muir's poetry bears oblique witness to the most traumatic years and events of this century, and is haunted by the symbolic 'fable' which he longed to find beneath the surface 'story' of mere events, as he came to terms with his own nature amidst the terror and confusion of the European maelstrom. As Seamus Heaney has written: 'Muir's poetic ... Read more
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Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780571235476
SKU
V9780571235476
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Ref
99-58
About Edwin Muir
Mick Imlah's recent gathering of poems, Diehard (Clutag Press, 2007) is an instalment of a work in progress, The Lost Leader, on the matter of Scotland; he has edited a selection of Tennyson's poetry for Faber, and works on the Times Literary Supplement.
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