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Rudyard Kipling
William B. Dillingham
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Description for Rudyard Kipling
Paperback. Num Pages: 383 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 502.
VictorianStudies on theWebCritics Choice!Rudyard Kipling: Hell and Heroism is an exploration of two fundamental yet greatly neglected aspects of the author's life and writings: his deep-seated pessimism and his complex creed of heroism. The method of the book is both biographical and critical. Biographically, it traces the roots of Kipling's dark worldview and his search for something to believe in, a way of thinking and acting in defiance of life's hellishness. There matters were more basic to him than any of his social or political opinions, but this the first full-length study devoted to them. Critically, the book takes a ... Read more
VictorianStudies on theWebCritics Choice!Rudyard Kipling: Hell and Heroism is an exploration of two fundamental yet greatly neglected aspects of the author's life and writings: his deep-seated pessimism and his complex creed of heroism. The method of the book is both biographical and critical. Biographically, it traces the roots of Kipling's dark worldview and his search for something to believe in, a way of thinking and acting in defiance of life's hellishness. There matters were more basic to him than any of his social or political opinions, but this the first full-length study devoted to them. Critically, the book takes a ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
Number of Pages
383
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781349999606
SKU
V9781349999606
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Reviews for Rudyard Kipling
"The book as a whole provides a genuinely fresh view of Kipling that I think will mark a new stage and a welcome new direction in the study of Kipling. After Dillingham, the character of critical discussion will be different and, I think, better for being based on a truer estimate of what is to be found in Kipling." - ... Read more