The Cambridge Companion to Rudyard Kipling (Paperback)

Howard J. Booth

ISBN 10: 0521136636 / ISBN 13: 9780521136631

Editore: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2011

Paperback. Rudyard Kipling (18651936) 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. Rudyard Kipling (18651936) is among the most popular, acclaimed and controversial of writers in English. This Companion explores his main themes, the different genres in which he worked and the various phases of his career. It also examines his works' afterlives in postcolonial writing and through adaptations of his work. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780521136631

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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"--

Informazioni sull'autore: Howard Booth is Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Manchester.

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Titolo: The Cambridge Companion to Rudyard Kipling (...
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Data di pubblicazione: 2011
Legatura: Paperback
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