Synopses & Reviews
Robert Graves is one of the century's most resolutely dedicated poets. His is an overriding poetic obsession, and few poets have suffered more at the hands of a fate so persistently embraced. Fewer still, however, have wrought that suffering into so remarkable a poetryoas is evident from this enlightening study. This study presents a thematic treatment of Graves' poems and provides a new reading of Graves' work, often contrary to accepted wisdom.