Latitudes / by Edwin Muir
1924, First Edition. London : Andrew Melrose. Very good copy in the original cloth-covered boards with paper labels. Spine bands and panel edges slightly dulled and dust-toned as with age. Light foxing to prelims. Remains particularly well-preserved overall. Item #446457
Date is suggested/cannot be verified. Physical description; 322 p. ; 20 cm. Contents; Robert Burns -- note on the Scottish ballads -- George Douglas -- A note on Mr. Conrad -- A note on Dostoyevsky -- A note on Ibsen -- A note on Friedrich Nietzsche -- A plea for psychology in literary criticism -- North and south, 1, 2, 3 -- The truth about art, 1, 2 -- De l'amour -- The affirmation of suffering -- Against profundity -- The reign of superstition -- The story of the hungry sheep -- In defense of new truths -- Against the wise --Against optimism and pessimism -- Against being convinced -- Beyond the absolute -- On the universe -- Impressions of Prague, 1, 2, 3 -- Reflections and conjectures.
Subjects; Essays 20th century.
Price: €85.00