Kipling: Poems: Edited by Peter Washington (Everyman's Library

Kipling: Poems: Edited by Peter Washington (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

Beloved for his fanciful and engrossing childrenâ‚¬s literature, controversial for his enthusiasm for British imperialism, Rudyard Kipling remains one of the most widely read writers of Victorian and modern English literature. In addition to writing more than two dozen works of fiction, including Kim and The Jungle Book, Kipling was a prolific poet, composing verse in every classical form from the epigram to the ode. Kiplingâ‚¬s most distinctive gift was for ballads and narrative poems in which heÂ drew vivid characters in universal situations, articulating profound truths in plain language. Yet he was also a subtle, affecting anatomist of the human heart, and his deep feeling for the natural world was exquisitely expressed in his verse. He was shattered by World War I, in which he lost his only son, and his work darkened in later years but never lost its extraordinary vitality. All of these aspects of Kiplingâ‚¬s poetry are represented in this selection, which ranges from such well-known compositions as â‚¬Å“Mandalayâ‚¬Â and â‚¬Å“Ifâ‚¬Â to the less-familiar, emotionally powerful, and personal epigrams he wrote in response to the war.
Country USA
Brand Everyman's Library
Manufacturer Everyman's Library
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780307267115
Color Tan
ReleaseDate 2007-10-16
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780307267115

Country	USA
Brand	Everyman's Library
Manufacturer	Everyman's Library
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780307267115
Color	Tan
ReleaseDate	2007-10-16
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780307267115

Kipling: Poems: Edited by Peter Washington (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series)

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