Robert Graves (1895-1985)

A selective list of online literary criticism for poet, novelist, critic, classicist and historian, Robert Graves, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars, articles published in reviewed sources, and web sites that adhere to the MLA Guidelines for Web Pages

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General Articles

"Robert Graves." Poetry Foundation. Ed. Catherine Halley. Good, encyclopedia-type introduction to Graves, his biography, themes, and techniques, with samples of his poems.

"Robert Graves." Poetry Archive. Directors, Andrew Motion & Richard Carrington.

Quinn, Patrick. "Robert Graves." Literary Encyclopedia. 30 March 2001. Eds. Robert Clark, Emory Elliott, Janet Todd. An introduction to Graves, from a database that provides signed literary criticism by experts in their field, and is available to individuals for a reasonably-priced subscription.

Hodgkin, Marian. "The physical and mental scars of World War One as portrayed in poems by W. Owen and R. Graves." The Robert Graves Archive.

Richman, Robert. "The poetry of Robert Graves." A review of Robert Graves: The Assault Heroic by Richard Perceval Graves and Collected Poems by Robert Graves. New Criterion (moved or removed).

"Robert Graves." Brief introduction from the Academy of American Poets.

Web sites

The Robert Graves Trust. St. Johns College (Oxford) Robert Graves Trust. Complete poems, images of first editions, biography, Robert Graves's diary project, Gravesiana, The Journal of the Robert Graves Society (full text of back issues available), information and news from the Robert Graves Society. Actively maintained.

"The Battle of the Somme." Imperial War Museum. Contents: The Battle, Personal Stories, The Somme Revisited. Among the personal stories are those of Robert Graves, the Prince of Wales, and JRR Tolkien.

The Robert Graves Archive. Ed. Philip Hunter. Poetry, audio files of Graves reading, and multimedia resources, recommended links. Not maintained since 2000.

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