Re: OT: White Goddess

On Mon, 9 Apr 2001, Lars Henrik Mathiesen wrote:

> Graves should always be read as historical fiction. Suggestive
> fiction, sometimes, but his are not scholarly works.
The most fruitful way I've ever used Graves is to try to figure out how
he invented his fictions from what he was likely to have encountered in
the source material.  He's a fascinating relic--perhaps the last
Victorian author.