Conversations with Robert Graves

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Univ. Press of Mississippi, 1989 - 183 oldal
Though he lived most of his life in the remote village of Deya on the island of Mallorca, Robert Graves (1895--1985) was conversant with the most important issues of this century and was acquainted with many of the most powerful people. Jorge Luis Borges called him ""a soul above."" Graves wrote almost restlessly on subjects of great diversity: myths of the Greeks, Romans, Hebrews, and Celts; modern science and economics; contemporary society and culture as well as of ancient Greece and Rome, of Celtic Wales and Ireland, of the time of Milton, and of the American Revolution.

He was a poet of great fame, a celebrated writer of historical novels, and the man who imprinted the name and identity of the White Goddess upon the cultural language. His translations of Latin classics have been applauded; his recastings of Biblical and Persian texts attracted irascible attention from scholars.

Throughout his long and productive life, whether he was talking with Virginia Woolf, Peter Quenell, Jorge Luis Borges, Alan Sillitoe, Edwin Newman, or Gina Lollobrigida, the voice of Graves remained clear and distinct--attracting and repelling a variety of interviewers with its surety. His Books-Goodbye to All That; The White Goddess; I, Claudius; and King Jesus-preserve his literary art. The conversations in this collection keep alive his presence and passion.

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Retreat from Parnassus Peter Quenell
3
An Evening in Maida Vale Julian Symons
10
Where Truth Begins T S Matthews
19
Reminded Him of Muggleton Alan Sillitoe
28
Robert Graves Demurs Robert Graves
38
Robert Graves Huw P Wheldon
49
A Redbook Dialogue Gina Lollobrigida
57
The Poet and the Peasant Kenneth Allsop
68
A Conversation with Robert Graves Juan Bonet
77
Robert Graves Peter Buckman
92
Speaking Freely Edwin Newman
109
In Robert Gravess Olive Grove Gábor Devecseri
128
Robert Graves James McKinley
144
A Meeting with Robert Graves Dannie Abse
168
The Graves I Know James Reeves
176
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A szerzőről (1989)

Frank L. Kersnowski is coeditor (with Alice Hughes) of Conversations with Henry Miller, published by University Press of Mississippi..

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