British author Robert Graves is known by many for his series of richly-detailed, compelling novels of ancient Rome, beginning with I, Claudius. Graves also fought for Great Britain in the First World War, and became one of the finest poets to emerge from that conflict. Robert Graves always considered himself a poet first, but unable to support his family through poetry alone, he wrote novels, works of criticism and nonfiction, and taught at Oxford in the 1960s, becoming a lecturer at age 66.
Genres: Historical
Series
Sergeant Lamb
1. Sergeant Lamb of the Ninth (1940)
aka Sergeant Lamb's America
2. Proceed, Sergeant Lamb (1941)
1. Sergeant Lamb of the Ninth (1940)
aka Sergeant Lamb's America
2. Proceed, Sergeant Lamb (1941)
Novels
No Decency Left (1932) (as by Barbara Rich)
Antigua, Penny, Puce (1936)
Count Belisarius (1938)
Wife to Mr. Milton (1943)
The Golden Fleece (1944)
aka Hercules My Shipmate
King Jesus (1946)
The Isles of Unwisdom (1949)
Seven Days in New Crete (1949)
aka Watch the Northwind Rise
Homer's Daughter (1955)
They Hanged My Saintly Billy (1957)
Greek Gods and Heroes (1960)
Selected Poetry and Prose (1961)
The Siege and Fall of Troy (1962)
Two Wise Children (1967)
Laius, Iocaste and Oedipus (1972)
An Ancient Castle (1980)
Mrs. Fisher, or the Future of Humour (1982)
Eleven songs (1983)
Cobalt 60 (1986)
So! You Want to Get Married? (1994)
The Anger of Achilies (2002)
Antigua, Penny, Puce (1936)
Count Belisarius (1938)
Wife to Mr. Milton (1943)
The Golden Fleece (1944)
aka Hercules My Shipmate
King Jesus (1946)
The Isles of Unwisdom (1949)
Seven Days in New Crete (1949)
aka Watch the Northwind Rise
Homer's Daughter (1955)
They Hanged My Saintly Billy (1957)
Greek Gods and Heroes (1960)
Selected Poetry and Prose (1961)
The Siege and Fall of Troy (1962)
Two Wise Children (1967)
Laius, Iocaste and Oedipus (1972)
An Ancient Castle (1980)
Mrs. Fisher, or the Future of Humour (1982)
Eleven songs (1983)
Cobalt 60 (1986)
So! You Want to Get Married? (1994)
The Anger of Achilies (2002)
Omnibus
Homer's Daughter / The Anger of Achilles (2001)
Antigua, Penny, Puce / They Hanged My Saintly Billy (2003)
The Story of Marie Powell, Wife to Mr.Milton / The Isles of Unwisdom (2003)
Count Belisarius / Lawrence of the Arabs (2004)
The Golden Fleece / Seven Days in New Crete (2004)
First World War 4-Book Boxed Set (2013) (with Sebastian Faulks and Erich Maria Remarque)
Antigua, Penny, Puce / They Hanged My Saintly Billy (2003)
The Story of Marie Powell, Wife to Mr.Milton / The Isles of Unwisdom (2003)
Count Belisarius / Lawrence of the Arabs (2004)
The Golden Fleece / Seven Days in New Crete (2004)
First World War 4-Book Boxed Set (2013) (with Sebastian Faulks and Erich Maria Remarque)
Collections
Goliath and David (poems) (1916)
Over the Brazier (poems) (1916)
Fairies and Fusiliers (poems) (1917)
Country Sentiment (poems) (1920)
Treasure Box (poems) (1920)
The Pier-Glass (poems) (1921)
The Feather Bed (poems) (1923)
Whipperginny (poems) (1923)
Mock Beggar Hall (poems) (1924)
The Marmosite's Miscellany (poems) (1925) (as by John Doyle)
Welchmans Hose (poems) (1925)
Poems 1914-1926 (poems) (1927)
Poems 1929 (poems) (1929)
The Shout (1929)
Ten Poems More (poems) (1930)
To Whom Else? (poems) (1931)
No More Ghosts (poems) (1940)
Poems and Satires, 1951 (poems) (1951)
Poems, 1953 (poems) (1953)
Catacrok! (1956)
English and Scottish Ballads (poems) (1957)
Poems; selected by himself (Penguin Poets-no.D39) (poems) (1957)
Collected poems,1959 (poems) (1959)
The Penny Fiddle (poems) (1960)
Poems Selected By Himself (poems) (1961)
The More Deserving Cases (poems) (1962)
New Poems, 1962 (poems) (1962)
Ann At Highwood Hall (poems) (1964)
Man Does, Woman is (poems) (1964)
Collected Poems, 1965 (poems) (1965)
Collected Short Stories (1965)
Love Respelt (poems) (1965)
Seventeen poems missing from 'Love respelt' (poems) (1966)
Sixteen poems (poems) (1967)
Poems 1965-1968 (poems) (1968)
Selected Poems (poems) (1968)
Beyond Giving (poems) (1969)
Crane Bag and Other Disputed Subjects (1969)
Poems About Love (poems) (1969)
Poems, 1968-70 (poems) (1970)
Green-sailed Vessel (poems) (1971)
Poems: for Dolls and Princes (poems) (1971)
Poems, 1970-72 (poems) (1972)
Timeless Meeting (poems) (1973)
At the Gate (poems) (1974)
Collected Poems (poems) (1975)
Two poems (poems) (1982)
Collected Poems, 1975 (poems) (1988)
John Skelton Laureate (poems) (1989) (with John Skelton)
Cynics and Romantics (poems) (1989)
Love Poems (poems) (1990)
Poems About War (poems) (1990)
Across the Gulf (poems) (1992)
Collection of the Works of Robert Graves (1995)
The Centenary Selected Poems (poems) (1995)
Completed Poems, Volume 3 (poems) (1995)
Complete Short Stories (1995)
The Complete Poems: v. 1 (poems) (1995)
The Complete Poems: v. 2 (poems) (1997)
Yesterday Only and Other Poems (poems) (1999)
The Complete Poems (poems) (2000)
Over the Brazier (poems) (1916)
Fairies and Fusiliers (poems) (1917)
Country Sentiment (poems) (1920)
Treasure Box (poems) (1920)
The Pier-Glass (poems) (1921)
The Feather Bed (poems) (1923)
Whipperginny (poems) (1923)
Mock Beggar Hall (poems) (1924)
The Marmosite's Miscellany (poems) (1925) (as by John Doyle)
Welchmans Hose (poems) (1925)
Poems 1914-1926 (poems) (1927)
Poems 1929 (poems) (1929)
The Shout (1929)
Ten Poems More (poems) (1930)
To Whom Else? (poems) (1931)
No More Ghosts (poems) (1940)
Poems and Satires, 1951 (poems) (1951)
Poems, 1953 (poems) (1953)
Catacrok! (1956)
English and Scottish Ballads (poems) (1957)
Poems; selected by himself (Penguin Poets-no.D39) (poems) (1957)
Collected poems,1959 (poems) (1959)
The Penny Fiddle (poems) (1960)
Poems Selected By Himself (poems) (1961)
The More Deserving Cases (poems) (1962)
New Poems, 1962 (poems) (1962)
Ann At Highwood Hall (poems) (1964)
Man Does, Woman is (poems) (1964)
Collected Poems, 1965 (poems) (1965)
Collected Short Stories (1965)
Love Respelt (poems) (1965)
Seventeen poems missing from 'Love respelt' (poems) (1966)
Sixteen poems (poems) (1967)
Poems 1965-1968 (poems) (1968)
Selected Poems (poems) (1968)
Beyond Giving (poems) (1969)
Crane Bag and Other Disputed Subjects (1969)
Poems About Love (poems) (1969)
Poems, 1968-70 (poems) (1970)
Green-sailed Vessel (poems) (1971)
Poems: for Dolls and Princes (poems) (1971)
Poems, 1970-72 (poems) (1972)
Timeless Meeting (poems) (1973)
At the Gate (poems) (1974)
Collected Poems (poems) (1975)
Two poems (poems) (1982)
Collected Poems, 1975 (poems) (1988)
John Skelton Laureate (poems) (1989) (with John Skelton)
Cynics and Romantics (poems) (1989)
Love Poems (poems) (1990)
Poems About War (poems) (1990)
Across the Gulf (poems) (1992)
Collection of the Works of Robert Graves (1995)
The Centenary Selected Poems (poems) (1995)
Completed Poems, Volume 3 (poems) (1995)
Complete Short Stories (1995)
The Complete Poems: v. 1 (poems) (1995)
The Complete Poems: v. 2 (poems) (1997)
Yesterday Only and Other Poems (poems) (1999)
The Complete Poems (poems) (2000)
Chapbooks
Non fiction
The Meaning of Dreams (1924)
My Head, My Head (1925)
Poetic Unreason and Other Studies (1925)
Good Bye to All That (1929)
Lawrence and the Arabs (1934)
The Reader Over Your Shoulder (1947) (with Alan Hodge)
The White Goddess (1948)
Occupation - writer (1951)
The Nazarene Gospel Restored (1953) (with Joshua Podro)
Adam's Rib (1955)
The Crowning Privilege (1955)
The Greek Myths: Volume 1 (1955)
Steps (1958)
The Greek Myths (1960)
The Long Week End (1961)
Myths of Ancient Greece (1961)
Oxford Addresses on Poetry (1962)
The Hebrew Myths (1964)
Majorca Observed (1965) (with Paul Hogarth)
Mammon and the Black Goddess (1965)
Greek Myths and Legends (1967)
Poetic Craft and Principle (1967)
The Greek Myths: Volume 2 (1969)
Lars Porsena (1972)
Difficult Questions, Easy Answers (1972)
Song of Songs (1973)
In Broken Images (1974)
On English Poetry (1975)
Life of Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1975)
The Common Asphodel (1982)
The English Ballad (1982)
Survey of Modernist Poetry (1982) (with Laura Riding Jackson)
Selected Letters: Between Moon and Moon, 1946-72 v. 2 (1984)
Conversations with Robert Graves (1989)
Life of the poet Gnaeus Robertulus Gravesa (1990)
The Use and Abuse of the English Language (1990)
Dear Robert, Dear Spike (1991) (with Spike Milligan)
Winter in Majorca (1992) (with George Sand)
Collected Writings on Poetry (1995)
Some Speculations on Literature, History and Religion (2000)
On Poetry: Collected Talks and Essays (2004)
Translating Rome (2010)
My Head, My Head (1925)
Poetic Unreason and Other Studies (1925)
Good Bye to All That (1929)
Lawrence and the Arabs (1934)
The Reader Over Your Shoulder (1947) (with Alan Hodge)
The White Goddess (1948)
Occupation - writer (1951)
The Nazarene Gospel Restored (1953) (with Joshua Podro)
Adam's Rib (1955)
The Crowning Privilege (1955)
The Greek Myths: Volume 1 (1955)
Steps (1958)
The Greek Myths (1960)
The Long Week End (1961)
Myths of Ancient Greece (1961)
Oxford Addresses on Poetry (1962)
The Hebrew Myths (1964)
Majorca Observed (1965) (with Paul Hogarth)
Mammon and the Black Goddess (1965)
Greek Myths and Legends (1967)
Poetic Craft and Principle (1967)
The Greek Myths: Volume 2 (1969)
Lars Porsena (1972)
Difficult Questions, Easy Answers (1972)
Song of Songs (1973)
In Broken Images (1974)
On English Poetry (1975)
Life of Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1975)
The Common Asphodel (1982)
The English Ballad (1982)
Survey of Modernist Poetry (1982) (with Laura Riding Jackson)
Selected Letters: Between Moon and Moon, 1946-72 v. 2 (1984)
Conversations with Robert Graves (1989)
Life of the poet Gnaeus Robertulus Gravesa (1990)
The Use and Abuse of the English Language (1990)
Dear Robert, Dear Spike (1991) (with Spike Milligan)
Winter in Majorca (1992) (with George Sand)
Collected Writings on Poetry (1995)
Some Speculations on Literature, History and Religion (2000)
On Poetry: Collected Talks and Essays (2004)
Translating Rome (2010)
Anthologies containing stories by Robert Graves
More Stories Strange and Sinister (1967)
The 6th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1971)
The Black Magic Omnibus Volume 2 (1976)
Chamber of Horrors (1978)
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984)
The 6th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories (1971)
The Black Magic Omnibus Volume 2 (1976)
Chamber of Horrors (1978)
The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (1984)
Short stories
6 Valiant Bulls 6 | |||
The Abominable Mr Gunn | |||
An Appointment for Candlemas | |||
A Bicycle in Majorca | |||
Epics Are Out of Fashion | |||
Evidence of Affluence | |||
The Five Godfathers | |||
The French Thing | |||
The Full Length | |||
God Grant Your Honour Many Years | |||
Harold Vesey at the Gates of Hell | |||
He Went Out to Buy a Rhine | |||
Kill Them! Kill Them! | |||
The Lost Chinese | |||
A Man May Not Marry His... | |||
The Myconian | |||
Old Papa Johnson | |||
Period Piece | |||
She Landed Yesterday | |||
They Say...They Say | |||
A Toast to Ava Gardner | |||
Treacle Tart | |||
The Viscountess and the Short-Haired Girl | |||
Week-End at Cwm Tatws | |||
The Whitaker Negroes | |||
You Win, Houdini! | |||
The Shout [short story] (1929) | |||
Earth to Earth (1956) | |||
The Tenement: A Vision of Imperial Rome (1960) | |||
Christmas Truce (1962) |
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