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Overview"""Readable and reliable . . . [Gilmour's] assessment of the political background of Kipling's writings is exemplary."" --Earl L. Dachslager, Houston Chronicle David Gilmour's superbly nuanced biography of Rudyard Kipling, now available in paperback, is the first to show how the great writer's life and work mirrored the trajectory of the British Empire, from its zenith to its final decades. His great poem ""Recessional"" celebrated Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897 and his last poems warned of the dangers of Nazism, while Kipling himself, an icon of the empire, was transformed from an apostle of success to a prophet of national decline. As Gilmour makes clear, Kipling's mysterious and enduring works deeply influenced the way his readers saw both themselves and the British Empire, and they continue to challenge our own generation." Full Product DetailsAuthor: David GilmourPublisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Imprint: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.567kg ISBN: 9780374528966ISBN 10: 0374528969 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 11 June 2003 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsIn his entertaining and sympathetic biography . . . Gilmour portrays Kipling in all his complexity . . . He quietly dismantles the caricature of Kipling as a two-dimensional Victorian chauvinist. --Alan Riding, The New York Times [Gilmour examines] Kipling's political consciousness . . . more deeply than any writer before him. --Gregory Feeley, The Philadelphia Inquirer [A] formidable study . . . [Gilmour] is superb as a historian and biographer. --Robert F. Moss, Los Angeles Times Book Review In his entertaining and sympathetic biography . . . Gilmour portrays Kipling in all his complexity . . . He quietly dismantles the caricature of Kipling as a two-dimensional Victorian chauvinist. Alan Riding, The New York Times [Gilmour examines] Kipling's political consciousness . . . more deeply than any writer before him. Gregory Feeley, The Philadelphia Inquirer [A] formidable study . . . [Gilmour] is superb as a historian and biographer. Robert F. Moss, Los Angeles Times Book Review In his entertaining and sympathetic biography . . . Gilmour portrays Kipling in all his complexity . . . He quietly dismantles the caricature of Kipling as a two-dimensional Victorian chauvinist. --Alan Riding, The New York Times [Gilmour examines] Kipling's political consciousness . . . more deeply than any writer before him. --Gregory Feeley, The Philadelphia Inquirer [A] formidable study . . . [Gilmour] is superb as a historian and biographer. --Robert F. Moss, Los Angeles Times Book Review In his entertaining and sympathetic biography . . . Gilmour portrays Kipling in all his complexity . . . He quietly dismantles the caricature of Kipling as a two-dimensional Victorian chauvinist. -Alan Riding, The New York Times [Gilmour examines] Kipling's political consciousness . . . more deeply than any writer before him. -Gregory Feeley, The Philadelphia Inquirer [A] formidable study . . . [Gilmour] is superb as a historian and biographer. -Robert F. Moss, Los Angeles Times Book Review In his entertaining and sympathetic biography . . . Gilmour portrays Kipling in all his complexity . . . He quietly dismantles the caricature of Kipling as a two-dimensional Victorian chauvinist. -- Alan Riding, The New York Times [Gilmour examines] Kipling' s political consciousness . . . more deeply than any writer before him. -- Gregory Feeley, The Philadelphia Inquirer [A] formidable study . . . [Gilmour] is superb as a historian and biographer. -- Robert F. Moss, Los Angeles Times Book Review “In his entertaining and sympathetic biography . . . Gilmour portrays Kipling in all his complexity . . . He quietly dismantles the caricature of Kipling as a two-dimensional Victorian chauvinist.” —Alan Riding, The New York Times <br>“[Gilmour examines] Kipling’s political consciousness . . . more deeply than any writer before him.” —Gregory Feeley, The Philadelphia Inquirer <br>“[A] formidable study . . . [Gilmour] is superb as a historian and biographer.” —Robert F. Moss, Los Angeles Times Book Review <br> In his entertaining and sympathetic biography . . . Gilmour portrays Kipling in all his complexity . . . He quietly dismantles the caricature of Kipling as a two-dimensional Victorian chauvinist. --Alan Riding, The New York Times <br> [Gilmour examines] Kipling's political consciousness . . . more deeply than any writer before him. --Gregory Feeley, The Philadelphia Inquirer <br> [A] formidable study . . . [Gilmour] is superb as a historian and biographer. --Robert F. Moss, Los Angeles Times Book Review <br> In his entertaining and sympathetic biography . . . Gilmour portrays Kipling in all his complexity . . . He quietly dismantles the caricature of Kipling as a two-dimensional Victorian chauvinist. Alan Riding, The New York Times [Gilmour examines] Kipling's political consciousness . . . more deeply than any writer before him. Gregory Feeley, The Philadelphia Inquirer [A] formidable study . . . [Gilmour] is superb as a historian and biographer. Robert F. Moss, Los Angeles Times Book Review Author InformationDavid Gilmour is the author of many works of literary and political history, including Curzon: Imperial Statesman (FSG, 2003) and The Last Leopard: A Life of Giuseppe di Lampedusa. He lives in Edinburgh. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |