The Early Poetry of Robert Graves: The Goddess Beckons

by Frank L. Kersnowski

Book Overview

Like many men of his generation, poet Robert Graves was indelibly marked by his experience of trench warfare in World War I. The horrific battles in which he fought and his guilt over surviving when so many perished left Graves shell-shocked and disoriented, desperately seeking a way to bridge the rupture between his conventional upbringing and the uncertainties of postwar British society.

In this study of Graves's early poetry, Frank...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292723652
• ISBN13: 9780292723658
• Release Date: July 2002
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"