Graves, Robert, 1895-1985

Robert Graves (Graves, Robert, 1895-1985) was an English writer and poet, though details of his life are limited in publicly available sources. The library holds seven of his works, including the poetry collections Fairies and Fusiliers, Over the Brazier, The Pier-Glass, Whipperginny, and Country Sentiment, as well as The Feather Bed and the critical study On English Poetry. These works show that his writing spans both poetry and poetic criticism: his early poems often revolve around wartime experience, rural scenery, and personal feeling, with concise language, vivid imagery, and restrained yet profound emotion, while On English Poetry reflects his systematic thinking on poetic tradition and craft. Overall, his work crosses lyric poetry and criticism, combining classical cultivation with modern sensibility, and holds a place in twentieth-century English poetry.