McJohn_WT_Net t1_iuflk3e wrote
Many, MANY years ago, I got a wonderful book called The Gay Book of Days by Martin Greif. It had small essays on historical figures who were/might have been LGBTQ+. I've always remembered his essay on Robert Graves. Apparently, Graves once said that his novels were his dog-and-pony show and were intended to maintain his cat, which was poetry. That might have some bearing on the common observation that Claudius the God is 99% stuffing.
DoctorGuvnor t1_iugb2b0 wrote
'I keep my dog, prose, in order to feed my cat, poetry' is the exact quote - I always thought it was great. Thank you for reminding me.
Dana07620 OP t1_iufnbno wrote
Sad to say that I didn't know he was a poet. If he weren't the writer of I, Claudius --- and had BBC not done that adaptation --- I doubt I'd even know of him.
montims t1_iugb477 wrote
You've never read Good-Bye to all That? The best WW1 book ever. It is because I read that book so often (decades ago) that I read the Claudius books, White Goddess, etc.
None as good as Good-Bye, imo.
Dana07620 OP t1_iugch0j wrote
No, only Graves I've read are the two Claudius books. And read those because the adaptation was so great that I wanted to read the source material.
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