William Graves 'Literary Executor'
On the 17th of October, William Graves came to our class to give a seminar-type lecture about his own father, the writer Robert Graves. First of all, our teacher gave a brief introduction about the guest and then he took the floor. The seminar was divided into different topics: first the life of Graves, then the legacy, and finally William Graves' work as Literary Executor. Aditionally, he gave us a list of resources where we could look deeper into the figure that is Robert Graves.
William Graves started off by showing a video where the life of his father was briefly explained. This was followed by his own explanation. I believe that it was very interesting to see the life of the author treated from a different, maybe less formal, point of …show more content…
view. Having Graves' own son explain the life of the author was fantastic, because we got a deeper insight than we would if it were explained by any other person that didn't know Robert Graves. However, even if we got a different perspective, I think the contents presented weren't that different from what we had already explored in class.
Secondly, we were introduced to the legacy, every document that Graves left behind, from the letters to the tv shows based on his books.
What I found to be really interesting about this section was that not only his books and various poems were part of his legacy, but rather it was everything that he produced. Every single paper or record has been collected and studied so as to reconstruct the figure of the writer.
Finally, William Graves introduced us to his role as Literary Executor, what I found to be the most interesting part of the seminar. Understanding his job and all the work he has done ever since Graves died in order to keep his legacy alive was extremely fascinating. This part stood out to me the most because we had already learned about the life and production of the author, but we didn't know all the work and time it took to collect and organize all his writings, correspondence, and all types of documents. I liked seeing the other side of things, all the work hidden behind the scene to keep the legend alive.
By the end of the seminar we were shown different websites from where we could infer any further information about the author if we wished to. We also were allowed to ask any questions we might have had about the information that was provided throughout the
seminar.
All in all, I really enjoyed the seminar because I think it was very useful in getting to understand the figure of Robert Graves as well as learning new concepts such as the work of a Literary Executor.
William Graves started off by showing a video where the life of his father was briefly explained. This was followed by his own explanation. I believe that it was very interesting to see the life of the author treated from a different, maybe less formal, point of …show more content…
view. Having Graves' own son explain the life of the author was fantastic, because we got a deeper insight than we would if it were explained by any other person that didn't know Robert Graves. However, even if we got a different perspective, I think the contents presented weren't that different from what we had already explored in class.
Secondly, we were introduced to the legacy, every document that Graves left behind, from the letters to the tv shows based on his books.
What I found to be really interesting about this section was that not only his books and various poems were part of his legacy, but rather it was everything that he produced. Every single paper or record has been collected and studied so as to reconstruct the figure of the writer.
Finally, William Graves introduced us to his role as Literary Executor, what I found to be the most interesting part of the seminar. Understanding his job and all the work he has done ever since Graves died in order to keep his legacy alive was extremely fascinating. This part stood out to me the most because we had already learned about the life and production of the author, but we didn't know all the work and time it took to collect and organize all his writings, correspondence, and all types of documents. I liked seeing the other side of things, all the work hidden behind the scene to keep the legend alive.
By the end of the seminar we were shown different websites from where we could infer any further information about the author if we wished to. We also were allowed to ask any questions we might have had about the information that was provided throughout the
seminar.
All in all, I really enjoyed the seminar because I think it was very useful in getting to understand the figure of Robert Graves as well as learning new concepts such as the work of a Literary Executor.