
Collected Poems of Rudyard Kipling
Rudyard Kipling(Author)
Wordsworth Editions Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 5. January 1994
Book
Paperback/Softback
928 pages
978-1-85326-405-4 (ISBN)
Description
Introduction and Notes by R.T. Jones, Honorary Fellow of the University of York.
This edition of the poetry of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) includes all the poems contained in the Definitive Edition of 1940. In his lifetime, Kipling was widely regarded as the unofficial Poet Laureate, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. His poetry is striking for its many rhythms and popular forms of speech, and Kipling was equally at home with dramatic monologues and extended ballads.
He is often thought of as glorifying war, militarism, and the British Empire, but an attentive reading of the poems does not confirm that view. This edition reprints George Orwell's hard-hitting account of Kipling's poems, first published in 1942, and generally regarded as one of the most important contributions to critical discussion of Kipling.
This edition of the poetry of Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) includes all the poems contained in the Definitive Edition of 1940. In his lifetime, Kipling was widely regarded as the unofficial Poet Laureate, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. His poetry is striking for its many rhythms and popular forms of speech, and Kipling was equally at home with dramatic monologues and extended ballads.
He is often thought of as glorifying war, militarism, and the British Empire, but an attentive reading of the poems does not confirm that view. This edition reprints George Orwell's hard-hitting account of Kipling's poems, first published in 1942, and generally regarded as one of the most important contributions to critical discussion of Kipling.
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New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Herts
United Kingdom
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New edition
Dimensions
Height: 199 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 49 mm
Weight
572 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85326-405-4 (9781853264054)
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Honorary Fellow of the University of YorkUniversity of York