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| 1/18/1936 |
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Kipling's "Permanent Contradictions"
On this day in 1936 Rudyard Kipling died at the age of seventy-one. Although a Nobel winner and one of England's most popular writers, by the time of his death Kipling was not merely forgotten but cartooned as a pith-helmeted jingoist. Recent biographers and critics, like Orwell and Borges and Edmund Wilson before them, find a more complex man and writer, perhaps one of "permanent contradictions." |
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Academy of American Poets
Kipling biography, the text to the poem "If," a selected bibliography, and links. |  | English-Literature.org
This essay examines Kipling's Kim, described by one critic as "master work of imperialism ... rich and absolutely fascinating, but nevertheless profoundly embarrassing novel":
"Few modern English readers could enjoy Rudyard Kipling's Kim in the way Kipling intended it to be enjoyed. Kipling was an Imperialist, and Kim embodies attitudes towards British rule in India which these days are wholly unacceptable and unpalatable. Kipling believed it was right and proper for Britain to 'own' India and rule its people, and the possibility that this position might be questionable never seems to have crossed his mind. ... In spite of this the novel does not deserve to be forgotten, because as a work of fiction it does have fine literary qualities, and it and deserves its unique place in the history of English Literature." | | Rudyard Kipling, 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature
Kipling was awarded the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature "in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author." Visit the official Nobel website for an author biography, Yeats's Swedish Nobel Stamps, and other resources. | | The Kipling Society
This website features a Kipling biography, chronology of life events, and large collection of poems. | |
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