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In this study of Graves’s early poetry, Frank Kersnowski explores how his war neurosis opened a door into the unconscious for Graves and led him to reject the essential components of the Western idea of reality: reason and predictability.

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"No one has read the poems from Over the Brazier to Whipperginny before with this complex conception of what war-neurosis means to Graves' development, nor with this sensitively developed context of biography, poetry, critical writing, and intellectual background... This is really masterful literary criticism--no jargon, no ideology, just firm, secure knowledge and discriminating taste." John W. Presley, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, SUNY Oswego

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet
  • Chapter 2. The Lunatic: War
  • Chapter 3. The Lunatic: After the War
  • Chapter 4. The Lover in the Nursery
  • Chapter 5. The Lover
  • Chapter 6. The Poet
  • Afterword
  • Works Cited
  • Index

The Early Poetry of Robert Graves

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/07/2002
      ISBN13: 9780292723658, 978-0292723658
      ISBN10: 0292723652

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In this study of Graves’s early poetry, Frank Kersnowski explores how his war neurosis opened a door into the unconscious for Graves and led him to reject the essential components of the Western idea of reality: reason and predictability.

      Trade Review
      "No one has read the poems from Over the Brazier to Whipperginny before with this complex conception of what war-neurosis means to Graves' development, nor with this sensitively developed context of biography, poetry, critical writing, and intellectual background... This is really masterful literary criticism--no jargon, no ideology, just firm, secure knowledge and discriminating taste." John W. Presley, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, SUNY Oswego

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Acknowledgments
      • Chapter 1. The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet
      • Chapter 2. The Lunatic: War
      • Chapter 3. The Lunatic: After the War
      • Chapter 4. The Lover in the Nursery
      • Chapter 5. The Lover
      • Chapter 6. The Poet
      • Afterword
      • Works Cited
      • Index

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