Selected Poems - Couverture rigide

Kipling, Rudyard

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0747517681 ISBN 13 : 9780747517689

Editeur : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 1994

Synopsis

"Bloomsbury Poetry Classics" are selections from the work of some of our greatest poets. The series is aimed at the general reader rather than the specialist and carries no critical or explanatory apparatus. This can be found elsewhere. In the series the poems introduce themselves, on an uncluttered page and in a format that is both attractive and convenient. The selections have been made by the distinguished poet, critic and biographer Ian Hamilton. Rudyard Kipling was born in 1865 in India. Educated in England he returned to India for a brief period to become a journalist. In 1889 he finally settled in England where he found success as a poet and novelist. His collections of verses "Barrack Room Ballads" and "The Seven Seas" were both successful. He died in 1936.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is often regarded as the unofficial Laureate of the British Empire. Yet his writing reveals a ferociously independent figure at times violently opposed to the dominant political and literary tendencies of his age. Arranged in chronological order, this diverse selection of his poetry shows the development of Kipling's talent, his deepening maturity and the growing sombreness of his poetic vision. Ranging from early, exhilarating celebrations of British expansion overseas, including 'Mandalay' and 'Gunga Din', to the dignified and inspirational 'If -' and the later, deeply moving 'Epitaphs of the War' - inspired by the death of Kipling's only son - it clearly illustrates the scope and originality of his work. It also offers a compelling insight into the Empire both at its peak and during its decline in the early years of the twentieth century.

Biographie de l'auteur

Rudyard Joseph Kipling was born in Bombay in 1865 but spent most of his childhood in England. He returned to India in 1881 as a journalist and also wrote stories, sketches and poems. His literary reputation was established with Plain Tales from the Hills (1888). Today he is best remembered for The Jungle Book and Kim. He was the first English writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in 1907.Before his retirement, Peter Keating was reader in English at Edinburgh. He is now a full-time writer.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Date d'édition: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0747517681
• ISBN 13: 9780747517689
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 176
• Éditeur: Hamilton Ian
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible