The white goddess

511 pages

English language

Published April 18, 1975 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

ISBN:: 978-0-374-50493-9
OCLC Number:: 61143714

(6 reviews)

Examines the language of ancient Celtic and Mediterranean poetic myths, probing the role of the all-encompassing female figure, the White Goddess, in the earliest forms of poetry.

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DaveNash3 reviewed The white goddess by Robert Graves

Review of 'The white goddess' on 'Storygraph'

3 stars

I enjoyed Joseph Campbell better because he was better organized. Graves rambles. Some of this is brilliant. The big concepts are great but a lot detail. This is hard to rate because it's a painful read at points but amazingly insightful at others. it's hard to trust, some stuff he just makes up or alters to fit his hypothesis.