Muir, Edwin 1887-1959

Overview

Works:	631 works in 2,478 publications in 6 languages and 49,761 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Allegories Short stories Biographies Translations History Detective and mystery fiction Literature Psychological fiction
Roles:	Author, Translator, Editor, Contributor, Other, Creator, Performer, Dedicatee, tra, Annotator, Author of introduction, Author of afterword, colophon, etc.
Classifications:	PT2621.A26, 833.912

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Edwin Muir

Barbarous knowledge : myth in the poetry of Yeats, Graves, and Muir by Daniel Hoffman( Book )
An autobiography by Edwin Muir( Book )
Edwin Muir: man and poet by Peter H Butter( Book )
Edwin Muir by Elgin W Mellown( Book )
The poetry of Edwin Muir; the field of good and ill by Elizabeth Huberman( Book )

Edwin Muir by Peter H Butter( Book )
Edwin Muir by J. C Hall( Book )
Edwin Muir : an introduction to his work by Roger Knight( Book )
Bibliography of the writings of Edwin Muir by Elgin W Mellown( Book )
A checklist of writings about Edwin Muir by Peter C Hoy( Book )
Edwin Muir : a master of modern poetry by Michael Joseph Phillips( Book )
Selected letters of Edwin Muir by Edwin Muir( Book )
'Keeping the sources pure' : the making of George Mackay Brown by Sabine Schmid( )
Belonging : a memoir by Willa Muir( Book )
Edwin Muir : poet, critic, and novelist by Margery Palmer McCulloch( Book )
Beyond the labyrinth : a study of Edwin Muir's poetry by Christopher Wiseman( Book )
The golden harvester : the vision of Edwin Muir by James Aitchison( Book )
In a distant isle : the Orkney background of Edwin Muir by George Marshall( Book )
Religious experience and Christian faith by F. W Dillistone( Book )
Scottish journey by Edwin Muir( Book )

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Most widely held works by Edwin Muir

The trial by Franz Kafka( Book )

111 editions published between 1935 and 2020 in 3 languages and held by 3,132 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A bank clerk is arrested, but is unable to learn the charges against him. A year later, he is executed

The castle by Franz Kafka( Book )

94 editions published between 1930 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 2,106 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In THE CASTLE, a protagonist, known only as K., struggles to gain access to the mysterious authorities of a castle who govern the village where he wants to work as a land surveyor. Kafka died before finishing the work, but suggested it would end with the Land Surveyor dying in the village; the castle notifying him on his death bed that his legal claim to live in the village was not valid, yet, taking certain auxiliary circumstances into account, he was permitted to live and work there

The structure of the novel by Edwin Muir( Book )

154 editions published between 1928 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 2,037 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A guide to constructing a novel for budding writers by one of Scotland's finest poets. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Hesperides Press are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork

Selected short stories by Franz Kafka( Book )

17 editions published between 1952 and 1993 in English and German and held by 2,032 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Donated by the estate of Donald S. Moore

The penal colony : stories and short pieces by Franz Kafka( Book )

23 editions published between 1948 and 1976 in English and German and held by 1,607 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Gift of Rabbi W. Gunther Plaut

Essays on literature and society by Edwin Muir( Book )

48 editions published between 1949 and 1967 in 3 languages and held by 1,570 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collected poems by Edwin Muir( Book )

83 editions published between 1952 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,354 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Contient:First poems ; Journeys and places ; The narrow place ; The voyage ; The labyrinth ; One foot in Eden ; Poems not previously collected

The estate of poetry by Edwin Muir( Book )

34 editions published between 1962 and 1993 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,110 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Josephus by Lion Feuchtwanger( Book )

26 editions published between 1932 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 981 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Josephus is the first part of Feuchtwanger's trilogy based on the life of the Jewish historian. This book covers the period from the time of Josephus' return to Rome in 64 AD to the fall of Jerusalem and his journey to Rome to begin a writing career. Josephus has been called the classic example of a "Mr. Facing-both-ways", a Jew who wished to be friends with the enemies of his people, the Romans; a man in all honesty trying to make the best of two worlds

Power by Lion Feuchtwanger( Book )

61 editions published between 1926 and 1984 in 3 languages and held by 919 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Novel is based on the life of an eighteenth-century Jewish banker, Joseph Süss Oppenheimer, who served as a financial adviser to the Duke of Württemberg and was persecuted after the Duke's death

The great wall of China : stories and reflections by Franz Kafka( Book )

15 editions published between 1933 and 1974 in English and German and held by 774 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A collection of stories, fables, and aphorisms, written between 1917 and 1924

John Knox : portrait of a Calvinist by Edwin Muir( Book )

34 editions published between 1919 and 1972 in English and held by 773 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Amerika by Franz Kafka( Book )

11 editions published between 1940 and 2019 in English and held by 727 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Karl Rossman--a poor boy of sixteen who has been packed off to America by his parents because a servant girl had seduced him and had a child by him--is expected to redeem himself in the land of opportunity, but he soon encounters a series of dizzy reversals and strange adventures

Three cities : a trilogy by Sholem Asch( Book )

10 editions published between 1933 and 1943 in English and held by 721 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Richelieu : his rise to power by Carl Jacob Burckhardt( Book )

18 editions published between 1940 and 1964 in English and German and held by 717 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Armand Jean du Plessis, cardinal-duc de Richelieu et de Fronsac; 9 September 1585? 4 December 1642) was a French clergyman, noble and statesman. Consecrated as a bishop in 1608, he later entered politics, becoming a Secretary of State in 1616. Richelieu soon rose in both the Catholic Church and the French government, becoming a Cardinal in 1622, and King Louis XIII's chief minister in 1624. He remained in office until his death in 1642; he was succeeded by Cardinal Mazarin, whose career he had fostered."--Wikipedia

Success, a novel by Lion Feuchtwanger( Book )

9 editions published between 1930 and 1984 in English and Undetermined and held by 645 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Unjust imprisonment of a man, in post-war Bavaria, and the many people affected by his sentence

Amerika by Franz Kafka( Book )

7 editions published between 1940 and 1996 in English and German and held by 644 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Kafka's first and funniest novel, Amerika tells the story of the young immigrant Karl Rossmann who, after an embarrassing sexual misadventure, finds himself "packed off to America" by his parents. Expected to redeem himself in this magical land of opportunity, young Karl is swept up instead in a whirlwind of dizzying reversals, strange escapades, and picaresque adventures. Although Kafka never visited America, images of its vast landscape, dangers, and opportunities inspired this saga of the "golden land."

Transition : essays on contemporary literature by Edwin Muir( Book )

37 editions published between 1926 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 606 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

One foot in Eden by Edwin Muir( Book )

21 editions published between 1941 and 1965 in English and Undetermined and held by 597 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collected poems, 1921-1951 by Edwin Muir( Book )

33 editions published between 1947 and 1979 in English and Undetermined and held by 571 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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