P. Mallett

Broschiertes Buch

Rudyard Kipling

A Literary Life

Beschreibung

This is a study of the forces and influences that shaped Kipling's work, including his unusual family background, his role as the laureate of empire and the deaths of two of his children, and of his complex relations with a literary world that first embraced and then rejected him.

Autor

PHILLIP MALLETT is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of St Andrews. His work on Kipling includes an edition of Limits and Renewals, as well as an edited collection of essays, Kipling Considered. He has also edited three collections of essays on Hardy, including Thomas Hardy: Texts and Contexts, in 2002.

Produktdetails

• Literary Lives
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan UK / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-0-333-55721-1
• 2003
• Seitenzahl: 236
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 305g
• ISBN-13: 9780333557211
• ISBN-10: 0333557212
• Artikelnr.: 26660562

Rezensionen

'...with the accent on the writing and publishing history of Kipling's works, Mallett reveals new facets of his life and times... [Mallett's] enthusiasm for Kipling's work shines through the book, making it a thoroughly enjoyable read.' - The Kipling Journal