Rudyard Kipling
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Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.
This literary biography presents the life and enduring legacy of Rudyard Kipling, one of Britain's most celebrated and controversial writers, whose works spanned poetry, short fiction, and novels across the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. J.I.M. Stewart, himself a distinguished scholar and critic, chronicles Kipling's remarkable journey from his Bombay childhood through his rise to imperial fame, dissecting the complex cultural and political forces that shaped both the man and his art. With measured academic authority, the work uncovers the tensions at the heart of Kipling's output — the interplay between his fierce imperialism, his lyrical gifts, and his deeply personal sense of loss and belonging. Stewart argues with clarity and precision that Kipling's reputation, long clouded by ideological debate, deserves serious and sustained literary reassessment. The result is an authoritative and illuminating portrait of a writer whose influence on English literature remains as powerful and contested as ever.
Author: J.I.M. Stewart
Format: Paperback
Published: 1966, Apollo Editions
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner.
This literary biography presents the life and enduring legacy of Rudyard Kipling, one of Britain's most celebrated and controversial writers, whose works spanned poetry, short fiction, and novels across the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. J.I.M. Stewart, himself a distinguished scholar and critic, chronicles Kipling's remarkable journey from his Bombay childhood through his rise to imperial fame, dissecting the complex cultural and political forces that shaped both the man and his art. With measured academic authority, the work uncovers the tensions at the heart of Kipling's output — the interplay between his fierce imperialism, his lyrical gifts, and his deeply personal sense of loss and belonging. Stewart argues with clarity and precision that Kipling's reputation, long clouded by ideological debate, deserves serious and sustained literary reassessment. The result is an authoritative and illuminating portrait of a writer whose influence on English literature remains as powerful and contested as ever.