Robert Graves (1895-1985)
A selective list of online literary criticism for poet, novelist, critic, classicist and historian, Robert Graves, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Web Pages
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introduction
The Robert Graves Trust. Complete poems, images of first editions, biography, Robert Graves's diary project, Gravesiana, The Journal of the Robert Graves Society (full text of back issues available), information and news from the Robert Graves Society. St. Johns College, Oxford.
"Robert Graves." An encyclopedia-type introduction to Robert Graves, his biography, themes, and techniques, with text for some of his most famous poems. The Poetry Foundation, a project of Poetry magazine.
"Robert Graves." An introduction to Robert Graves from the major UK poetry web site, the Poetry Archive, directed by former British Poet Laureate Andrew Motion.
"Robert Graves." Brief introduction from the Academy of American Poets.
"Robert Creeley on Divers Press." Creeley talks about the influence of Laura Riding and Robert Graves's Seizin press on his later publishing ventures in Majorca. Interview with Creeley by Alastair Johnston in Poltroon Press, 1986.
On Robert Graves and Laura Riding in Majorca. A web site for the tourist to Majorca, with photos.
Quinn, Patrick. "Robert Graves." Literary Encyclopedia. 30 March 2001. Eds. Robert Clark, Emory Elliott, Janet Todd. An introduction to Graves, from a publisher that provides signed literary criticism by experts in their field, and is available to individuals for a reasonably priced subscription [subscription service].
literary criticism
Burrows, Wayne. "Outside Modernism: Robert Graves' Centenary." From the vantage point of the centenary of Graves' death, Burrows considers Graves' relative neglect and his position in the modernist canon. Sheffield Thursday 1996.
Mark Ford. "Old Gravy." A bracing introduction to the strangeness of Robert Graves, on the occasion of five new books on Graves that were published in 1995: Robert Graves: Life on the Edge by Miranda Seymour; Robert Graves and the White Goddess by Richard Perceval Graves; Robert Graves: His Life and Work by Martin Seymour-Smith; Robert Graves: Collected Writings on Poetry edited by Paul O’Prey; and Robert Graves: The Centenary Selected Poems edited by Patrick Quinn. London Review of Books Sept. 1995 [first part of article only].
Richman, Robert. "The poetry of Robert Graves." A review of Robert Graves: The Assault Heroic by Richard Perceval Graves and Collected Poems by Robert Graves. New Criterion, Oct. 1988.
other web sites
"The Battle of the Somme." Imperial War Museum. Contents: The Battle, Personal Stories, The Somme Revisited. Among the personal stories are those of Robert Graves, the Prince of Wales, and JRR Tolkien.
The Robert Graves Archive. Ed. Philip Hunter. Poetry, audio files of Graves reading, and multimedia resources. [Not actively maintained.]
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