An Autobiography
Published on 1. May 2009
320 pages
978-1-84767-513-2 (ISBN)
Description
From his shattered childhood in Orkney to the turmoil of industrial Glasgow, Edwin Muir was witness to some of the most traumatic years and events of our modern age. And yet, in his life and in his art, he was constantly haunted by the symbolic 'fable' which he longed to find beneath the surface reality of the everyday. From his dream notebooks to his travels in Eastern Europe, Muir paints an unforgettable picture of the slow and sometimes painful growth of a poet's sensibility as he comes to terms with his own nature amidst the terror and confusion of the twentieth century.
With a personal memoir by George Mackay Brown, an introduction and appendices by the noted Muir scholar Professor Peter Butter, and extra essays by Muir himself, this edition offers new insights into the life and work of one of Scotland's most important writers of the twentieth century.
With a personal memoir by George Mackay Brown, an introduction and appendices by the noted Muir scholar Professor Peter Butter, and extra essays by Muir himself, this edition offers new insights into the life and work of one of Scotland's most important writers of the twentieth century.
Reviews / Votes
Wise, compassionate and often profound . . . an absorbing enquiry into the predicament of an exceptionally gifted person in the human situation of his time. * * Sunday Times * * One of the most unusual, most important autobiographies of our time. * * Spectator * *More details
Edition
Main
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
ISBN-13
978-1-84767-513-2 (9781847675132)
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Edwin Muir
An Autobiography
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06/1993
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Content
- Intro
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Edwin Muir: A Personal Memoir
- Introduction
- Preface
- Chapter One: Wyre
- Chapter Two: Garth
- Chapter Three: Glasgow
- Chapter Four: Fairport
- Chapter Five: London
- Chapter Six: Prague
- Chapter Seven: Interval
- Chapter Eight: Dresden And Hellerau
- Chapter Nine: Italy And Austria
- Chapter Ten: England And France
- Chapter Eleven: Scotland
- Chapter Twelve: Prague Again
- Chapter Thirteen: Rome
- Appendix I: From Yesterday's Mirror: Afterthoughts To An Autobiography
- Appendix II: Extracts From Diaries
- Index
- About the Author
- Copyright
