The White Goddess
a historical grammar of poetic myth
by Robert Graves
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The definitive edition of one of the more extraordinary and influential books of our time
This labyrinthine and extraordinary book, first published more than sixty years ago, was the outcome of Robert Graves's vast reading and curious research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion, and magic. Erudite and impassioned, it is a scholar-poet's quest for the meaning of European myths, a polemic about the relations between man and woman, and also an intensely personal document in which Graves explores the sources of his own inspiration and, as he believed, all true poetry.
Incorporating all of Graves's final revisions, his replies to two of the original reviewers, and an essay describing the months of illumination in which The White Goddess was written, this is the definitive edition of one of the most influential books of our time.
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Mythology, Poetry, History and criticism, Welsh poetry, Philosophy, Goddesses, Moon, Religion, Literature and history, History, Poetry as Topic, Welsh poetry, history and criticism, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Goddess religion, Goddesses in literature, Mythology in literature, Feminism and literature, Women and literature, Language and languages, Etymology, PoeticsPeople
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The White Goddess: a historical grammar of poetic myth.
1972, Octagon Books
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The White Goddess: a historical grammar of poetic myth
1966, Farrar, Strauss and Giroux
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The white goddess: a historical grammar of poetic myth
1966, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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The White Goddess: a historical grammar of poetic myth.
1948, Creative Age Press
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