The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling

Gilmour, David

ISBN 10: 0374528969 / ISBN 13: 9780374528966

Editore: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003

This book is in Very Good condition. The cover and pages have minor shelf wear. Binding is tight and pages are intact. Codice articolo BRV.0374528969.VG

Riassunto:

"Readable and reliable . . . [Gilmour's] assessment of the political background of Kipling's writings is exemplary." —Earl L. Dachslager, Houston Chronicle

David Gilmour's superbly nuanced biography of Rudyard Kipling, now available in paperback, is the first to show how the great writer's life and work mirrored the trajectory of the British Empire, from its zenith to its final decades. His great poem "Recessional" celebrated Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897 and his last poems warned of the dangers of Nazism, while Kipling himself, an icon of the empire, was transformed from an apostle of success to a prophet of national decline. As Gilmour makes clear, Kipling's mysterious and enduring works deeply influenced the way his readers saw both themselves and the British Empire, and they continue to challenge our own generation.

Informazioni sull'autore:

David Gilmour is the author of many works of literary and political history, including Curzon: Imperial Statesman (FSG, 2003) and The Last Leopard: A Life of Giuseppe di Lampedusa. He lives in Edinburgh.

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Titolo: The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of ...
Casa editrice: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Data di pubblicazione: 2003
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: very_good