09/06/2020

In July [20th] 1916 during the Battle of the Somme, poet Robert Graves was struck by a shell and was so badly wounded that the next day he was reported to have died. He did in fact survive and went on to write about the traumatic experience of war in his autobiography Goodbye to All That. While his physical injuries healed, the psychological impact lingered. He recounted returning to England and trembling at strong smells, akin to gas, and loud…