Robert Graves and the Classical Tradition

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Robert Graves and the Classical Tradition is written by A. G. G. Gibson and published by OUP Oxford. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0191057975 (ISBN 10) and 9780191057977 (ISBN 13).

The poet Robert Graves' use of material from classical sources has been contentious to scholars for many years, with a number of classicists baulking at his interpretation of myth and his novelization of history, and questioning its academic value. This collection of essays provides the latest scholarship on Graves' historical fiction (for example in I, Claudius and Count Belisarius) and his use of mythical figures in his poetry, as well as an examination of his controversial retelling of the Greek Myths. The essays explore Graves' unique perspective and expand our understanding of his works within their original context, while at the same time considering their relevance in how we comprehend the ancient world.