The White Goddess

Informationen zum Autor Robert Graves (1895-1985) was a poet, novelist and critic. His first volume of poems, Over the Brazier (1916), reflected his experiences in the trenches, and was followed by many works of poetry, non-fiction and fiction. He is best known for his novel, I, Claudius (1934), which won the Hawthornden and James Tait Black memorial prizes and for his influential The White Goddess (1948). Klappentext This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than fifty years ago, was the outcome of Graves's vast reading and curious research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion and magic. The White Goddess by Robert Graves - a fusion of scholarship on folklore, mythology, religion and poetry - is a work of unprecedented originality and brilliance. Zusammenfassung This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than fifty years ago, was the outcome of Graves's vast reading and curious research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion and magic.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Graves, Robert von Ranke Graves
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.08.1999
• EAN: 9780571174256
• ISBN: 978-0-571-17425-6
• No. of pages: 544
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 215 mm x 40 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; HISTORY / Ancient / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, Folklore, myths & legends, Folklore; Magic; Mythology; Religion