The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems by Robert Graves, published by Penguin in 2003, is a comprehensive collection that spans 896 pages. This edition presents Graves’s poetry without critical apparatus or commentary, allowing readers to engage directly with his work. Graves viewed poetry as his ruling passion, emphasizing love as a central theme. His poems weave together elements of mythology, exploring love, fear, fantasy, and the supernatural, showcasing a unique blend of realism and magic.
Readers will find a rich tapestry of intimate yet universal themes throughout this collection. The poems reflect Graves’s belief in the profound connection between emotion and artistry, making them resonate across different contexts. This volume encapsulates the essence of Graves’s literary contributions over seventy years, offering insights into his creative process and thematic explorations within the realms of literary criticism and poetry.
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Graves described poetry as his ruling passion, and for him love was ‘the main theme and origin of true poems’. He created a rich mythology where love, fear, fantasy and the supernatural play an essential role. Intimate yet universal, passionate yet precise, their brilliant alchemy of realism and magic made Graves’s poems some of the finest of the last century. In this edition the poems appear without critical apparatus or commentary. The volume represents in its purest form the achievement of Graves’s seventy productive years.
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