Robert Graves and the Classical Tradition

Zusatztext a wealth of information, and fascinating insights into many different aspects of the presence of the classical world in Graves' oeuvre, and its context. Further specific connections will be encouraged by its useful index. Informationen zum Autor A. G. G. Gibson is an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Classics at the University of St. Andrews. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1: Andrew Bennett: 'It's readable all right, but it's not history': Robert Graves' Claudius Novels and the Impossibility of Historical Fiction 2: Duncan Kennedy and Ellen O'Gorman: Claudius in the Library 3: Sheila Murnaghan: Homer's Daughter: Graves' Vera Historia 4: Shaun Tougher: Robert Graves as Historical Novelist: Count Belisarius - Genesis, Gender, and Truth 5: Jon Coulston: Graves on War and the Late Antique: Count Belisarius and his World 6: Sonia Sabnis: The Golden Ass and the Golden Warrior 7: Philip Burton: 'Essentially a moral problem': Robert Graves and the Politics of the Plain Prose Tradition 8: Sibylle Ihm: Robert Graves' The Greek Myths and Matriarchy 9: Vanda Zajko: Scholarly Mythopoesis: Robert Graves' The Greek Myths 10: Isobel Hurst: Freedom to Invent: Graves' Iconoclastic Approach to Antiquity 11: John Burnside: Restoring Narcissus: The Love Poems of Robert Graves 12: Tom Palaima: Robert Graves at Troy, Marathon, and the End of Sandy Road: War Poems at a Classical Distance 13: Jonathan Perry: 'Con beffarda irriverenza': Graves' Augustus in Mussolini's Italy 14: A. G. G. Gibson: Josef von Sternberg and the Cinematizing of I, Claudius 15: Mick Morris: Broadcasting the Common Asphodel: Robert Graves and the Mass Media 16: Amanda Wrigley: The Anger of Achilles (1964): A Prize-Winning 'Epic for Radio' by Robert Graves Bibliography Index ...

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• Authors: A. G. G. Gibson, A. G. G. (Honorary Research Fellow Gibson
• Assisted by: A. G. G. Gibson (Editor), A. G. G. (Honorary Research Fellow Gibson (Editor), Gibson A. G. G. (Editor)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.07.2015
• EAN: 9780198738053
• ISBN: 978-0-19-873805-3
• No. of pages: 382
• Series: Classical Presences; Classical Presences
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Classical linguistics / literary studies; English, HISTORY / Ancient / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Ancient History, Classical history / classical civilisation, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form