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Laura Riding Jackson (born Laura Reichenthal; January 16, 1901 – September 2, 1991), best known as Laura Riding, was an American poet, critic, novelist, essayist and short story writer. Early life and education
Captain Robert von Ranke Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985) [1] [2] was an English poet, soldier, historical novelist and critic. His father was Alfred Perceval Graves, a celebrated Irish poet and figure in the Gaelic revival; they were both Celticists and students of Irish mythology. Robert Graves produced more than 140 works in his ...
Epilogue: A Critical Summary was a periodical, biannual in theory but irregular in practice, which appeared between the years 1935 and 1938. It was edited by the American poet Laura Riding in association with Robert Graves and co-published by Constable and the Seizin Press.
Laura Riding, Graves's lover, is credited with being a "spiritual and intellectual midwife" to the work. [2] Graves, in a 1969 interview, claimed that he "entirely rewrote" the book—"every single sentence"—when it was reissued in the 1950s, suggesting that the process of co-writing The Reader Over Your Shoulder had made him more conscious ...
Biographical drama "The Laureate" explores the post-World War I creative block and complex love life of British poet Robert Graves. Tom Hughes stars.
"The Shout" is a supernatural short story by Robert Graves, completed in 1927 and first published in 1929.It tells the story of a young couple whose marriage is threatened by the intervention of a character with supernatural powers, including the ability to produce a shout that can kill all those around him.
The White Goddess: a Historical Grammar of Poetic Myth is a book-length essay on the nature of poetic myth-making by the English writer Robert Graves.First published in 1948, it is based on earlier articles published in Wales magazine; corrected, revised and enlarged editions appeared in 1948, 1952 and 1961.
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