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Graves, Robert, 1895-1985

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1895-07-24 - 1985-12-07

Biography

British poet, historical novelist, critic, and classicist.

Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:

"On Literary Hokum As Exemplified in the Work of W.B. Yeats and Robert Graves", circa early 1970s

 Item — Box 10, Folder: 6
Identifier: 1976.004.10.6.001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and manuscripts of the American poet. Handwritten and carbon copy typescripts.

Dates: circa early 1970s

Phonodisc collection, 1924-1978

 Collection
Identifier: 1978-013
Scope and Contents

An artificial collection containing 45 rpm discs, 78 rpm discs, 10 inch discs, 12 inch discs, thirty-four 33 1/3 rpm discs, and one 10.5" reel mono recording.

Dates: 1921 - 1978

Photocopy Letter from Laura (Riding) Jackson to The Editor of The Times Literary Supplement, 1976-01-20

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 18
Identifier: 1976.004.1.18.004
Scope and Contents

"I have been moved by Miss Ruth Padel's review, in your issue of December 26, 1975, of Robert Graves' Collected Poems 1975, to offer as ballast for the balloon-like still-higher lift that Miss Padel endeavors to give what is called 'Graves criticism' with her particular formula of super-heated veneration, two related articles of principle."

Dates: 1976-01-20

Photocopy of "The Tone of Robert Graves, 1927-1938" by Chris Faulkner, 1974

 Item — Box 10, Folder: 9
Identifier: 1976.004.10.9.008
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and manuscripts of the American poet. Handwritten and carbon copy typescripts.

Dates: 1974

Revised Draft Manuscript of Chapter on Seizin Press, Undated.

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1976.004.1.2.001
Scope and Contents

"Though so little came directly from Lawrence and Richards, their influence was by no means absent from one of the most interesting and important of the literary presses: The Seizin Press which was started by the poets Laura Riding and Robert Graves in 1927."

"As time went on, Laura's Riding's part in the production of the hand-printed volumes grow smaller, as the concentrated move on the editorial side of the Press's work."

Dates: Undated.

Rigby Graham's Notes on Lawrence & Seizin, Undated.

 Item — Box 1, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1976.004.1.1.028
Scope and Contents

"Seven years later when Richards had printed his first and only book, Graves founded the Seizin Press with Laura Riding. Neither of them knew anything about printing so they sought the help and information from Richards, whome they had met through their friendship with Lawrence."

"Checklist of Seizin Press Publications."

Dates: Undated.

"Robert Grave's Collected Poems" by Alan Clark in The Times Literary Supplement, 1976-01-23

 Item — Box 2, Folder: 1
Identifier: 1976.004.2.1.032
Scope and Contents

"Sir,--A reviewer's opinions are her own, but her facts should be recognizably accurate: many of Ruth Padel's, in her review of Robert Graves's Collected Poems 1975 (December 26, 1975), are not."

Dates: 1976-01-23

"The Robert Graves Mystique" Typescript

 Item — Box 4, Folder: 11
Identifier: 1976.004.4.11.004
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and manuscripts of the American poet. Handwritten and carbon copy typescripts.

Dates: 1965 - 1974

"Uncompleted Essay On A Critical Article by A.T. Tolley"

 Item — Box 10, Folder: 2
Identifier: 1976.004.10.2.001
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Correspondence and manuscripts of the American poet. Handwritten and carbon copy typescripts.

Dates: 1965 - 1974