Selected Poems

An essential selection from the range and bulk of Robert Graves's poetry, edited by Ulster poet Michael Longley. This edition restores Graves to view as a major twentieth century poet, and demonstrates his manifold achievement as war poet, as love poet, and as - in the round - a secular visionary whose poems are 'inimitable, eccentric marvels - some of which are extraordinary, many are masterly, all are like nothing else ever written' (Randall Jarrell).

This edition of Robert Graves's poems is scrupulously selected from across the full range of his lifetime's verse. It opens with an illuminating introduction in which Longley makes a persuasive case for the importance of this remarkable poet.

O selectie esentiala din gama si volumul poeziei lui Robert Graves, editata de poetul Ulster Michael Longley. Aceasta editie il restabileste pe Graves pentru a-l privi ca un mare poet al secolului al XX-lea si isi demonstreaza multitudinea de realizari ca poet de razboi, ca poet al iubirii si ca - in cele din urma - un vizionar secular ale carui poezii sunt „minuni inimitabile, excentrice - dintre care unele sunt extraordinare , multe sunt magistrale, toate sunt ca nimic altceva scris vreodata "(Randall Jarrell). Aceasta editie a poeziilor lui Robert Graves este selectata scrupulos din intreaga gama de versuri ale vietii sale.