SOURCE: Blackmur, R. P. “Edwin Muir: Between the Tiger's Paws.” The Kenyon Review 21, no. 3 (summer 1959): 419-36.
In the following essay, poet and literary critic R. P. Blackmur argues that Muir is an “unprofessional poet” who nevertheless produces “hard and interesting things … out of honest and endless effort and the general materials of [his language.” The essay provides an assessment of Muir's contribution to poetry, comparing him to John Keats, Emily Dickinson, and Virgil along the way.]
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