Graves and the goddess : essays on Robert Graves's The white goddess / edited by Ian Firla and Grevel Lindop.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Firla, Ian.

Lindop, Grevel, 1948-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985--Knowledge and learning--Literature.

Graves, Robert.

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985.

Literature.

Graves, Robert, 1895-1985. White goddess.

Criticism--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Criticism.

Great Britain.

History.

Mythology in literature.

Myth in literature.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

202 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Selinsgrove [Pa.] : Susquehanna University Press ; London ; Cranbury : Associated University Presses, [2003]

Contents:

Gravesian Contexts

Robert Graves and the White Goddess: An Introduction / R. P. Graves 13

The White Goddess: Sources, Contexts, Meanings / Grevel Lindop 25

The Battle for the "Battle of the Trees" / Mary-Ann Constantine 40

The Necessary Trance and Graves's Love Ethic / Devindra Kohli 52

Traumas of Love and Death: Early Signs of the Goddess / Frank Kersnowski 67

In Quest of Love's Permanence: The Path to the White Goddess / Patrick Quinn 78

God and the Goddess, The Muse and the "Muses" / Dunstan Ward 88

The Black Goddess / Robert A. Davis 99

The First Typescript of The White Goddess: Prelude to Poetics / Robert J. Bertholf 114

Reading The White Goddess

The White Goddess: A Proselytizing Text / Paul O'Prey 125

The White Goddess and Radical Traditions / Ian Firla 134

How and Why Graves Proceeded in Poetry / Andrew Painter 144

Visions, Goddesses and Bog People: Yeats, Graves, and Heaney / Fran Brearton 152

Graves's Other Obsession: King Jesus, The Nazarene Gospel Restored, and Jesus in Rome / John Woodrow Presley 166

Greek Myths, White Goddess: Robert Graves Cleans Up a "Dreadful Mess" / Michel Pharand 183.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1575910551

OCLC:

49226250