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Robert Graves (1895-1985), poet, classical scholar, novelist, and critic, was one of the greatest writers of the 20th Century. Athough he produced over 100 books he is perhaps best known for the novel I, Claudius (1934),The White Goddess (1948) and Greek Myths (1955).

Robert Graves was born in Wimbledon, South London. His father, Alfred Percival Graves, was a school inspector, and his mother, Amalie von Ranke Graves, was a great-niece of the German historian Leopold von Ranke (1795-1866). He was educated at Charterhouse, and awarded a B.Litt by St. John's College, Oxford after his return from World war I, where he served alsongside Siegfried Sassoon.

Robert Graves died in 1985 in Deja, the Majorcan village he had made his home (with the exception of the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War) since 1929.

Praise for Robert Graves (1895 - 1985) There is eloquence, wit and a formal shapeliness in abundance from first to last. Michael Glover, Financial Times 10/02/01 While poetry schools came and went, Graves went on writing until his death in 1985, in an elegant, classically inspired style. Andrew Crumey, Scotland on Sunday 07/01/01 No one else offers his precise combination of eroticism, nightmare and epigram. Sean O'Brien, The Guardian 13/01/01 Graves experiences in the trenches of the First World War are most vivid and moving. Robert Nye, Scotsman on Sunday, 16/12/00 In his attitude to verse he remained a Georgian, an eccentric one. Eric Hester, Catholic Times 20/02/00 Graves enshrines his archetypal motifs of obsessive love in legendary contexts from which the contemporary world is resolutely excluded. Mark Ford, The London Review of Books One of the twentieth century's major writers. Richard Foster, Yorkshire Evening Press Graves is a poet and a visionary in his prose writings, always stimulating and frequently enlightening. Patrick Reilly, The Herald

The wilder shores of scripture study This new edition of a book first published in 1954. read more

A friend of mine was the copy-editor of the 1963 Rinehart Frost, a bibliographical curiosity because its galleys were the last set of Frost's poems that he corrected in his own hand and he made several small but significant changes. read more

Excerpt from 'Sergeant Lamb to the rescue again' by Neil Powell in the Times Literary Supplement 24 December 1999 In the autumn of 1939, Robert Graves, who had just returned from America after the catastrophic end of his relationship with Laura Riding, was temporarily living at Great Bardfield in Essex with Beryl Hodge, his future (and by now pregnant) second wife. read more

Excerpt from 'Life in Venice' by Sebastian Beaumont in Gay Times March 1999 [...] read more

excerpt from 'Graves and the true Muse' by Richard Foster in The Yorkshire Evening Press 7 September 1995 [...] read more

Robert Graves's own website can be found at www.robertgraves.org

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Robert Graves (1895 - 1985) Books by this author: The Nazarene Gospel Restored Translating Rome Goodbye to All That and Other Great War Writings The Long Weekend and The Reader over Your Shoulder King Jesus and My Head! My Head! The Hebrew Myths: The Book of Genesis Count Belisarius & Lawrence of the Arabs The Golden Fleece & Seven Days in New Crete Antigua, Penny, Puce & They Hanged my Saintly Billy The Story of Marie Powell, Wife to Mr Milton & The Islands of Unwisdom A Survey of Modernist Poetry Essays From Epilogue 1935-1937 Greek Myths Homer's Daughter and the Anger of Achilles Complete Poems In One Volume Some Speculations on Literature, History and Religion Complete Poems Vol III The Sergeant Lamb Novels I, Claudius and Claudius the God The White Goddess Complete Poems Vol II Complete Poems Vol I Complete Short Stories Collected Writings on Poetry Selected Poems About Reviews Robert Graves (1895-1985), poet, classical scholar, novelist, and critic, was one of the greatest writers of the 20th Century. Athough he produced over 100 books he is perhaps best known for the novel I, Claudius (1934),The White Goddess (1948) and Greek Myths (1955). Robert Graves was born in Wimbledon, South London. His father, Alfred Percival Graves, was a school inspector, and his mother, Amalie von Ranke Graves, was a great-niece of the German historian Leopold von Ranke (1795-1866). He was educated at Charterhouse, and awarded a B.Litt by St. John's College, Oxford after his return from World war I, where he served alsongside Siegfried Sassoon. Robert Graves died in 1985 in Deja, the Majorcan village he had made his home (with the exception of the Spanish Civil War and the Second World War) since 1929. Praise for Robert Graves (1895 - 1985) There is eloquence, wit and a formal shapeliness in abundance from first to last. *Michael Glover, Financial Times* 10/02/01 While poetry schools came and went, Graves went on writing until his death in 1985, in an elegant, classically inspired style. Andrew Crumey, Scotland on Sunday 07/01/01 No one else offers his precise combination of eroticism, nightmare and epigram. Sean O'Brien, The Guardian 13/01/01 Graves experiences in the trenches of the First World War are most vivid and moving. Robert Nye, Scotsman on Sunday, 16/12/00 In his attitude to verse he remained a Georgian, an eccentric one. Eric Hester, Catholic Times 20/02/00** Graves enshrines his archetypal motifs of obsessive love in legendary contexts from which the contemporary world is resolutely excluded. Mark Ford, The London Review of Books One of the twentieth century's major writers. Richard Foster, Yorkshire Evening Press Graves is a poet and a visionary in his prose writings, always stimulating and frequently enlightening. Patrick Reilly, The Herald The wilder shores of scripture study This new edition of a book first published in 1954. read more A friend of mine was the copy-editor of the 1963 Rinehart Frost, a bibliographical curiosity because its galleys were the last set of Frost's poems that he corrected in his own hand and he made several small but significant changes. read more Excerpt from 'Sergeant Lamb to the rescue again' by Neil Powell in the Times Literary Supplement 24 December 1999 In the autumn of 1939, Robert Graves, who had just returned from America after the catastrophic end of his relationship with Laura Riding, was temporarily living at Great Bardfield in Essex with Beryl Hodge, his future (and by now pregnant) second wife. read more Excerpt from 'Life in Venice' by Sebastian Beaumont in Gay Times March 1999 [...] read more excerpt from 'Graves and the true Muse' by Richard Foster in The Yorkshire Evening Press 7 September 1995 [...] read more excerpt from 'Graves and the true Muse' by Richard Foster in The Yorkshire Evening Press 7 September 1995 [...] read more Robert Graves's own website can be found at www.robertgraves.org	Share this... Quick Links Aspects of Portugal Audio Books Carcanet Fiction Carcanet Film Carcanet Poetry Comma Press FyfieldBooks Lintott Press Lives and Letters OxfordPoets PN Review Sheep Meadow Press The Carcanet Blog Book Launch: Distance and Memory by Peter Davidson read more Sam Ruddock: Bibliodiversity read more Lucy Burnett: An Eco-poetic Sensibility read more Chris Beckett: Looking for Abebe, the cook's son read more Richard Price: A Month in Portugal read more Let's Gimbal! read more
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