FOOD FOR CENTAURS — By Robert Graves — 1st Edition / 1st Printing, 1960 HC/DJ — War Poetry, Short Stories, Essays, Literary Critic, The New Yorker, The New York Times Publisher: Doubleday and Co. New York (1960)
The book is in well preserved condition. The boards and binding are solid and tight, with minimal shelfwear. The pages are crisp and clean. The dust jacket is in excellent condition with light shelfwear. It remains uncut, with the original price still present. 382 pages. The author features a collection of the best short stories, essays and poems — most of which have appeared previously in the The New Yorker Commentary, The Observer, The New York Times, Harper's and the Atlantic. Please see below for more information on Robert Graves.
Robert von Ranke
Graves (24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985), also known as Robert Ranke Graves and most
commonly Robert Graves, was an English poet, historical novelist, critic and classicist.
In a way similar to Oscar Wilde, Robert Graves was a Celticist and student of
Irish mythology, by the influence of his father Alfred Perceval Graves, a
celebrated Irish poet — with William Wilde, these families were inheritors of
the Gaelic revival. He produced more than 140 works. Graves's poems — together
with his translations and innovative analysis and interpretations of the Greek
myths; his memoir of his early life, including his role in the First World War,
Good-Bye to All That; and his speculative study of poetic inspiration, The
White Goddess — have never been out of print. Irish literature deeply affected
Graves' White Goddess theories, specifically the genre aisling. He earned his
living from writing, particularly popular historical novels such as I,
Claudius, King Jesus, The Golden Fleece and Count Belisarius. He also was a
prominent translator of Classical Latin and Ancient Greek texts; his versions
of The Twelve Caesars and The Golden Ass remain popular, for their clarity and
entertaining style.