Muir, Edwin 1887-1959

Overview

Works:	524 works in 2,217 publications in 6 languages and 46,961 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Allegories Biography Short stories Detective and mystery fiction Literature History Humorous fiction Novels
Roles:	Author, Translator, Editor, Creator, Performer, Dedicatee, Contributor, Author of afterword, colophon, etc., Other, Author of introduction
Classifications:	PT2621.A26, 833.912

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Edwin Muir

Edwin Muir: man and poet by Peter H Butter( Book )
An autobiography by Edwin Muir( Book )
Edwin Muir by Elgin W Mellown( Book )
Edwin Muir by J. C Hall( Book )
The poetry of Edwin Muir; the field of good and ill by Elizabeth Huberman( 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 )
Beyond the labyrinth : a study of Edwin Muir's poetry by Christopher Wiseman( Book )
Edwin Muir : poet, critic, and novelist by Margery Palmer McCulloch( 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 )
Edwin Muir : selected prose by Edwin Muir( Book )
Edwin Muir : a critical study by Allie Corbin Hixson( Book )

fewer

Most widely held works by Edwin Muir

The trial by Franz Kafka( Book )

107 editions published between 1937 and 2010 in English and German and held by 3,163 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Joseph K. is suddenly arrested and must spend the rest of his life fighting a charge against him about which he can get no information

Selected short stories by Franz Kafka( Book )

16 editions published between 1952 and 1993 in English and German and held by 2,082 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Donated by the estate of Donald S. Moore

The castle by Franz Kafka( Book )

84 editions published between 1930 and 2005 in English and German and held by 2,077 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A fantasy novel, depicting human attempts to arrive closer to God, considered to be a symbolic classic

The structure of the novel by Edwin Muir( Book )

150 editions published between 1928 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 2,055 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

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

21 editions published between 1948 and 2000 in English and German and held by 1,680 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"This powerful collection brings together all the stories Kafka allowed to be published during his lifetime"--Back cover

Essays on literature and society by Edwin Muir( Book )

61 editions published between 1949 and 1967 in English and French and held by 1,598 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Amerika by Franz Kafka( Book )

24 editions published between 1940 and 1996 in English and German and held by 1,410 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."

Collected poems by Edwin Muir( Book )

75 editions published between 1952 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,347 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The estate of poetry by Edwin Muir( Book )

31 editions published between 1955 and 1993 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,127 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Josephus by Lion Feuchtwanger( Book )

21 editions published between 1932 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 968 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

First part of a trilogy based on the life of the Jewish historian

Power by Lion Feuchtwanger( Book )

51 editions published between 1926 and 1984 in 3 languages and held by 912 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 sleepwalkers : a trilogy by Hermann Broch( Book )

19 editions published between 1932 and 1996 in English and German and held by 812 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Broch's influential trilogy examines the "loneliness of the I" stemming from the collapse of any sustaining system of values, with three stories ranging from the aristocracy to the working classes in Germany during the years prior to the First World War

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

34 editions published between 1919 and 1972 in English and held by 783 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

15 editions published between 1933 and 1974 in 3 languages and held by 773 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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

20 editions published between 1940 and 1967 in English and German and held by 724 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 )

8 editions published between 1930 and 1984 in English and Undetermined and held by 668 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

35 editions published between 1926 and 1992 in English and Undetermined and held by 614 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

One foot in Eden by Edwin Muir( Book )

20 editions published between 1941 and 1965 in English and held by 583 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

30 editions published between 1947 and 1979 in English and Undetermined and held by 561 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The ugly duchess by Lion Feuchtwanger( Book )

14 editions published between 1927 and 1951 in English and German and held by 560 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Historical romance based on the life of Margaretha, Countess of Tyrol in the 14th century

fewer

Audience Level