Robert graves

Jean Moorcroft Wilson’s commanding new biography reveals the poet to be a slipperier character than we imagined

British poet, historical novelist, critic, and classicist. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology. Graves produced more than 140 works. Graves's poems have never been out of print // source: everyday-i-show.livejournal.com

Explore 5 insatiable books spanning the audacious career of one of the giants of twentieth-century literature: Robert Graves.

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A look at Robert Graves' experienced attitude to war and his legacy and influence on modern day pacifistic anti-war idealism.

Robert Graves, pictured, the soldier-turned-poet, twice turned down the offer of an honour from Downing Street, new documents have revealed.

Robert Graves describes the terrible deterioration of young officers at the front with a clinical clarity devoid of self-pity.

Robert Graves volunteered for military service in 1914—wounded in 1916 at the Battle of the Somme—and completed three volumes of poetry before the war ended. He published in 1929 his memoir, Good-bye to All That, where he observes that his father’s side of the family was “antisentimental to the point of insolence,” while his mother’s side was “noble and patient.” Graves

A behind-the-scene look at the life of Robert Graves.

Robert Graves, c. 1914, age 19. Reported dead at the Somme, Graves was one of the few of his generation to survive the war. He became a translator, poet, and novelist, and was the author of I, Claudius. Graves died at the age of 90 in 1985, a model Daguerreotype boyfriend if there ever was one.

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A detailed biography of Robert Graves that includes images, quotations and the main facts of his life. Updated on 11th January, 2022.

This sober biography includes convincing readings of his poetry, but it takes Graves’s charismatic lover to set the narrative alight

Captain Robert Graves during the Great War

The Complete Poems by Robert Graves. Graves described poetry as his ruling passion, and for him love was 'the main theme and...