The Cambridge Companion to Rudyard Kipling

by Howard J. Booth

With a chronology and guide to further reading, this book serves as a useful introduction for students of literature and of Empire and its after effects.

The Cambridge Companion to Rudyard Kipling

Author: Howard J. Booth

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 1107493633

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Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) is among the most popular, acclaimed and controversial of writers in English. His books have sold in great numbers, and he remains the youngest writer to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Many associate Kipling with poems such as 'If–', his novel Kim, his pioneering use of the short story form and such works for children as the Just So Stories. For others, though, Kipling is the very symbol of the British Empire and a belligerent approach to other peoples and races. This Companion explores Kipling's main themes and texts, the different genres in which he worked and the various phases of his career. It also examines the 'afterlives' of his texts in postcolonial writing and through adaptations of his work. With a chronology and guide to further reading, this book serves as a useful introduction for students of literature and of Empire and its after effects.

The Cambridge Companion to the English Short Story

by Ann-Marie Einhaus

This Companion provides an accessible overview of the contexts, periods, and subgenres of English-language short fiction outside of North America.

The Cambridge Companion to the English Short Story

Author: Ann-Marie Einhaus

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 1107084172

Page: 280

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This Companion provides an accessible overview of the contexts, periods, and subgenres of English-language short fiction outside of North America.

The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Poetry

by Joseph Bristow

39 W . D . Howells , “ Review of Rudyard Kipling , ” The Seven Seas , McClure ' s
Magazine 8 ( 1897 ) , 453 - 55 , reprinted in Kipling : The Critical Heritage , ed .
Roger Lancelyn Green ( London : Routledge and Kegan Paul , 1971 ) , 195 .

The Cambridge Companion to Victorian Poetry

Author: Joseph Bristow

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 9780521646802

Page: 321

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This Companion to Victorian Poetry provides an introduction to many of the pressing issues that absorbed the attention of poets from the 1830s to the 1890s. It introduces readers to a range of topics - including historicism, patriotism, prosody, and religious belief. The thirteen specially-commissioned chapters offer insights into the works of well-known figures such as Matthew Arnold, Robert Browning and Alfred Tennyson, and the writings of women poets - like Michael Field, Amy Levy and Augusta Webster - whose contribution to Victorian culture has in more recent years been acknowledged by modern scholars. Revealing the breadth of the Victorians' experiments with poetic form, this Companion also discloses the extent to which their writings addressed the prominent intellectual and social questions of the day. The volume, which will be of interest to scholars and students alike, features a detailed chronology of the Victorian period and a comprehensive guide to further reading.

The Kipling Journal

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Edward Copeland & Juliet McMaster edd . , The Cambridge Companion to Jane
Austen ( Cambridge : Cambridge University Press , 1997 ) . T.S.Eliot , ' Rudyard
Kipling ' , in A Choice of Kipling's Verse ( London : Faber , 1941 , 1963 ) . Sandra
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The Kipling Journal

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100 Poems

by Rudyard Kipling

Presents a selection of the best poems of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), including many uncollected and previously unpublished poems.

100 Poems

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 1107050448

Page: 197

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A selection of the best poems of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), including many uncollected and previously unpublished poems.

Rudyard Kipling Something of Myself and Other Autobiographical Writings

by Rudyard Kipling

Pinney shows how they, and other forms of autobiographical writing, reflect upon or complicate the narrative of Something of Myself. This carefully prepared edition sheds new light on Kipling as a man and writer.

Rudyard Kipling Something of Myself and Other Autobiographical Writings

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 9780521405843

Page: 294

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Rudyard Kipling's autobiography, Something of Myself, was the author's last work, but it has not received the serious attention it deserves. Thomas Pinney's edition of the work, supplemented by other autobiographical pieces, aims to change that. Professor Pinney, a leading textual editor currently engaged on Kipling's letters, has consulted the available source material relating to Something of Myself. He has constructed an outline of the book's composition; described the history of its publication; established a text and a set of variants; and given a critical account of the book's design and its main themes. His annotations to the work (and to the supplementary pieces) identify references and allusions, and provide a biographical context against which Kipling's selections, omissions, and distortions may clearly be seen. The extent to which Kipling's description of his life failed to match what actually happened is extraordinary. Two of the additional items presented here (Kipling's Indian diary of 1885 and the illustrations he made for his autobiographical story, 'Baa Baa, Black Sheep') are previously unpublished. Pinney shows how they, and other forms of autobiographical writing, reflect upon or complicate the narrative of Something of Myself. This carefully prepared edition sheds new light on Kipling as a man and writer.

Writings on Writing

by Rudyard Kipling

This study, which includes many unpublished private letters and papers, details Kipling's hitherto neglected role as literary critic.

Writings on Writing

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

ISBN: 9780521445276

Page: 213

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This study, which includes many unpublished private letters and papers, details Kipling's hitherto neglected role as literary critic.

Rudyard Kipling

by Helen Pike Bauer

Introduction . ” Wee Willie Winkie . London : Penguin Books , 1988 . Islam ,
Shamsul . Kipling ' s " Law ” : A Study of His Philosophy of Life . ... Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press , 1986 . - , ed . Critical Essays on Rudyard Kipling .
Boston ...

Rudyard Kipling

Author: Helen Pike Bauer

Publisher: Twayne Publishers

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Page: 162

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"This study of representative stories from the enormous body of short works by Rudyard Kipling reflects the recent revival of serious critical interest in the author perhaps best known for such children's stories as "'Rikki-tikki-tavi'" and "How the Camel Got His Hump." Helen Pike Bauer explores the full range of his short fiction, from the coming-of-age tales of Mowgli the jungle boy to the tragicomedy of "The Man Who Would Be King" to the spirituality of "They."" "Earlier views of Kipling gave short shrift to the complexity and sophistication of his narrative technique and the profoundness of his thematic concerns. Here Bauer both considers those aspects of his work that have always been part of his appeal - a vivid evocation of exotic setting, a compelling treatment of men and women in crisis, an understanding of the pains and pleasures of childhood - and explores newly discovered areas of interest - a complex narrative line, an ironic and ambivalent tone, and a poetic use of language." "Her analysis of the fiction in part 1 of this volume is organized around the abiding themes of the stories: the terror of loneliness, typified by the Britisher cast adrift on one of India's all-but-deserted outposts; the value of engagement in work and community as an antidote to loneliness; the ramifications of imperialism; the fascination of the mythic and the fantastic; the power of the imagination; the allure of the supernatural. An assessment of Kipling's artistry concludes Bauer's analysis, with particular emphasis on an area skipped over by most critics to date: his visual acuity. Bauer cites his elaborate descriptions of visual details, his ability to create meaning through visual impressions, and his use of the visual in metaphor and symbol." "Parts 2 and 3 of the volume set off Bauer's commentary with selections from some of Kipling's reluctant remarks on his writing and from recent criticism. Excerpted are Kipling's autobiography, Something of Myself, and two of his public addresses, "Literature" and "Fiction." Critic John McClure explores Kipling's portrayal of the complex mental and moral position of British Empire builders in India, and Clare Hanson assesses Kipling's place as a craftsman in the development of the short story." "The context of many Kipling stories - the experience of the British during the colonization of India, an effort Kipling saw as fundamentally good - is one not easily embraced by the contemporary reader aware of the evils of Western hegemony. But their subtext - rich in the subtleties that make up the complex of human feeling and behavior - strikes many responsive chords in the modern psyche. Bauer's Rudyard Kipling: A Study of the Short Fiction is a discerning, broadly informed appreciation of a surprisingly modern writer from an increasingly distant and exotic time."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Rudyard Kipling

by Martin Seymour-Smith

Livingstone , Flora V . , Bibliography of the Works of Rudyard Kipling , Cambridge
, Mass . , Harvard University Press , 1927 , and Supplement , 1938 . Stewart , J .
McG . , Rudyard Kipling : A Bibliographical Catalogue , London , Oxford
University Press , 1959 . ... Page , N . , A Kipling Companion , London , Macmillan
, 1984 .

Rudyard Kipling

Author: Martin Seymour-Smith

Publisher: Little Brown and Company (UK)

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"Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) remains one of the most popular British authors of all time. In this controversial new biography he is subjected to the psychological scrutiny for which Martin Seymour-Smith is celebrated, and the personality that emerges is quite different from the traditional image of the Laureate of the Empire portrayed by past critics. Born in Bombay, Kipling spent much of his childhood with foster parents in Southsea, and went to school in Westward Ho! before returning to India as a journalist. In 1889 he came back to England, via the Far East and the USA, and cemented the success he had enjoyed through his writing in India. In 1892 he married, and settled in Vermont for four years. It was here that he wrote his most famous work, The Jungle Book. After further travels and a spell at Rottingdean, Kipling moved to Bateman's in Sussex, where he lived for the rest of his life. In 1907 he became the first British author to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Martin Seymour-Smith explores beyond this exterior of conventional respectability and discovers territory uncharted by previous biographers -- all of whom have preserved the myth. He examines Kipling's life and work with rigor and insight, and unfolds the extraordinary and deeply moving story of this much-loved and much-criticized author who has come to occupy his own special place in the canon of English literature. Kipling can never be the same again."--Jacket flap.

A Kipling Chronology

by Harold Orel

Supplement to Bibliography of the Works of Rudyard Kipling ( Cambridge , Mass .
, 1938 ) . Martindell , E ... Mertner , Edgar , Rudyard Kipling und Seine Kritiker (
Darmstadt , 1983 ) . ... Page , Norman , A Kipling Companion ( 1984 ) . Palmer ...

A Kipling Chronology

Author: Harold Orel

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

ISBN:

Page: 127

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Like other volumes in the series, this chronology presents major events of the subject's life in a readily accessible format to provide scholar and general reader with quick guides to dates, people and places. This volume focuses on the main facts of the life and career of Rudyard Kipling.

Report for the Year

by Jane Austen Society

Deirdre Le Faye , ' Chronology of Jane Austen ' s Life ' , in The Cambridge
Companion to Jane Austen , pp . 1 - 11 . 6 . Austen - Leigh , A Memoir of Jane
Austen , p . 105 . 7 . Kingsley Amis , Rudyard Kipling and his World ( London ,
1975 ) , p .

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The Facts on File Companion to the British Short Story

by Andrew Maunder

A comprehensive reference to short fiction from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Commonwealth.

The Facts on File Companion to the British Short Story

Author: Andrew Maunder

Publisher: Infobase Publishing

ISBN: 0816074968

Page: 545

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A comprehensive reference to short fiction from Great Britain, Ireland, and the British Commonwealth. With approximately 450 entries, this A-to-Z guide explores the literary contributions of such writers as Joseph Conrad, James Joyce, D H Lawrence, Rudyard Kipling, Oscar Wilde, Katherine Mansfield, Martin Amis, and others.

Critical Spectrum

by C. D. Narasimhaiah

Rudyard Kipling ' s phrase , “ the white man ' s burden " is from his poem of the
same ... Conrad ' s Influence ” , in J . H . Stape , ed . , The Cambridge Companion
to Joseph Conrad ( Cambridge University Press , 1996 and 2000 , page 226 ) .

Critical Spectrum

Author: C. D. Narasimhaiah

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Page: 296

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Explores And Evaluates Several Major Concerns Of Contemporary Critical Discourse Such As Identity, Diaspora, Hybridity, Decolonization, Cross-Cultural Encounters, And Gender Relations.This Theoretical Perspective Is Followed(In Section Two) By A Number Of Vigorous And Illuminating Case Studies Of Several Texts And Authors.

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

by Eugene Goodheart

The Cambridge Companion to Charles Dickens . ... From the Cambridge
Companions to Literature series . ... The author , an Englishman , has been a
professor of literature , published a major work on Rudyard Kipling , and written
several ...

Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Author: Eugene Goodheart

Publisher: Salem PressInc

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Page: 312

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Presents critical essays that discuss the plot, characters, and major themes in the author's classic exploration of identity and belonging.

American Book Publishing Record

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New York : Cambridge University Press , 2003 . p . cm . ( Cambridge companions
to literature ) Includes bibliographical references ( p . ) and index . ( PR3727 . ...
809 B Rudyard Kipling : a literary life / Phillip Mallett . Mallett . Houndmills .

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The Letters of Rudyard Kipling 1900 10

by Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling Thomas Pinney. xii Chronology of Rudyard Kipling's Life , 1900–
10 1906 March 18 April 5 May August To Johannesburg and Pretoria . Return to
... Honorary degree from Cambridge . ... Part One South Africa and Sussex 1900-
2 INTRODUCTION The decade Chronology of Rudyard Kipling's Life, 1900–10.

The Letters of Rudyard Kipling 1900 10

Author: Rudyard Kipling

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British Writers Classics

by Jay Parini

Oscar Wilde . Cambridge and New York : Cambridge University Press , 1988 .
Raby , Peter , ed . The Cambridge Companion to Oscar Wilde . ... Rudyard
Kipling ' s Plain Tales from the Hills 2 228 BRITISH WRITERS CLASSICS ,
VOLUME 2.

British Writers Classics

Author: Jay Parini

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons

ISBN: 9780684312699

Page: 368

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Provides summaries of classic British works, overviews of the historical period in which they were written, author biographies, and information on the reception of each work.

A Biographical Dictionary of 18th Century Methodism R Smi

by Samuel J. Rogal

A Biographical Dictionary of 18th Century Methodism R Smi

Author: Samuel J. Rogal

Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press

ISBN: 9780773486881

Page: 494

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Presents biographical sketches of all those in any way associated with John and Charles Wesley during the 50-plus years that they travelled throughout Britain, USA, the European continent and the American Colonies. Entries are arranged alphabetically, followed by biographical information.