Written in Glasgow in the aftermath of the war, this early book by the poet Edwin Muir gathers short aphoristic reflections in the manner of Nietzsche. He examines the old age and the modern, original sin, love, creation, idleness and the artist, sketching what a new morality might look like. H. L. Mencken supplies a characteristically pungent introduction.
A provocative first book by one of Scotland’s finest twentieth-century poets. Download the free EPUB.