Description
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 strength revealed itself in being able to co-ordinate the nightmare of history with that place in himself where he had trembled with
anticipation . . . His simultaneous at-homeness and abroadness is exemplary.'
Edwin Muir Selected Poems contains a new selection from an Orkney poet who witnessed many of the major events of the twentieth century.
About the Author
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.
Book Information
ISBN 9780571235476
Author Edwin Muir
Format Paperback
Page Count 112
Imprint Faber & Faber
Publisher Faber & Faber
Weight(grams) 150g
Dimensions(mm) 196mm * 129mm * 10mm
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