Poets, Critics, Mystics: A Selection of Criticisms Written Between 1919 and 1955 by John Middleton Murry

by John Middleton Murry, Harry Thornton Moore (Preface), Richard Rees (Editor)

In introducing J. M. Murry to present-day readers, Sir Richard Rees, who was coeditor of the Adelphi from 1930 to 1936 , draws heavily from Murry’s unsigned and uncollected articles. His selections clearly show Murry’s involvement in the moral issues of the day, his surprising interests, and his broad scholarship

192 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1970

About the author

See also his son, John Middleton Murry Jr.

John Middleton Murry was an English writer. He was a prolific author, producing more than 60 books and thousands of essays and reviews on literature, social issues, politics, and religion during his lifetime. A prominent critic, Murry is best remembered for his association with Katherine Mansfield, whom he married in 1918 as her second husband, for his friendship with D. H. Lawrence and T. S. Eliot, and for his friendship (and brief affair) with Frieda Lawrence. Following Mansfield's death, Murry edited her work.

Murry was married four times: first to Katherine Mansfield in 1918; after her death in 1923 he arranged the publishing or republishing of her works. In 1924 he married Violet Le Maistre, in 1932 Ada Elizabeth Cockbaine, and in 1954 Mary Gamble. With his second wife, Violet Le Maistre, he had two children: a daughter, Katherine Middleton Murry who became a writer and published "Beloved Quixote: The Unknown Life of John Middleton Murry" in 1986, and a son, John Middleton Murry, Jr., who became a writer under the names of Colin Murry and Richard Cowper. There were also two children of the third marriage.