Robert Graves: The Years with Laura, 1926-1940
Robert Graves: The Years with Laura, 1926-1940 by Richard Perceval Graves
English | 1990 | ISBN: 0670813273 | 380 Pages | PDF | 21.9 MB
English | 1990 | ISBN: 0670813273 | 380 Pages | PDF | 21.9 MB
This incisively told, compelling story focuses on the passionate relationship between two leading poets of our time, Robert Graves and Laura Riding. A sequel to Robert Graves: The Assault Heroic 1895-1926 , it begins with the slightly shell-shocked WW I veteran Graves, a close friend of T. E. Lawrence, setting off for a teaching stint in Egypt accompanied by his wife and Laura, a menage a trois. The Mallorca years follow, a period that sees the production of much of Graves's best work, including Good-bye to All That , I, Claudius and Collected Poems ; the breakup of his marriage; and finally the defection of his fiery (also bossy) muse. Richard Graves writes of his uncle with cool objectivity, letting the emotionally and intellectually surcharged facts speak for themselves.