Robert Graves: The Years With Laura, 1926-40
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In the turbulent and creatively explosive years between 1926 and 1940, the poet Robert Graves forged one of the most controversial and consuming relationships in twentieth-century literary history — his intense partnership with the American poet Laura Riding. Richard Perceval Graves chronicles this defining period of his uncle's life with meticulous research and unflinching candour, tracing the pair's self-imposed exile in Majorca, their literary collaborations, and the personal dramas that shadowed their remarkable productivity. This second volume of Richard Perceval Graves's authoritative three-part biography presents a portrait of a poet in full, shaped by passion, creative ambition, and the relentless pursuit of poetic truth. Drawing on private correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, and intimate family knowledge, the author illuminates the complex dynamics between Graves and Riding — a relationship that produced some of the era's most striking verse while testing both figures to their limits. Readers left at the close of this volume will find themselves compelled to ask: who was Robert Graves without Laura Riding?
Author: Richard Perceval Graves
Format: Paperback
Published: 1991, Papermac
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Paperback
Secondhand book: generally 'Very Good' to 'Excellent'. These are books which may have some slight wear and tear or sun fading on the edges. There may be an inscription at the front.
In the turbulent and creatively explosive years between 1926 and 1940, the poet Robert Graves forged one of the most controversial and consuming relationships in twentieth-century literary history — his intense partnership with the American poet Laura Riding. Richard Perceval Graves chronicles this defining period of his uncle's life with meticulous research and unflinching candour, tracing the pair's self-imposed exile in Majorca, their literary collaborations, and the personal dramas that shadowed their remarkable productivity. This second volume of Richard Perceval Graves's authoritative three-part biography presents a portrait of a poet in full, shaped by passion, creative ambition, and the relentless pursuit of poetic truth. Drawing on private correspondence, unpublished manuscripts, and intimate family knowledge, the author illuminates the complex dynamics between Graves and Riding — a relationship that produced some of the era's most striking verse while testing both figures to their limits. Readers left at the close of this volume will find themselves compelled to ask: who was Robert Graves without Laura Riding?