The good Kipling : studies in the short story /
One of the great problems of Kipling criticism is to find a way to discover and reveal this coherent voice of "the good Kipling," a way to explain, that is, how Kipling the brutal realist can simultaneously be Kipling the man of compassion, how Kipling the mournful nihilist can simultaneou...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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[Athens, Ohio] :
Ohio University Press,
1971.
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| Summary: | One of the great problems of Kipling criticism is to find a way to discover and reveal this coherent voice of "the good Kipling," a way to explain, that is, how Kipling the brutal realist can simultaneously be Kipling the man of compassion, how Kipling the mournful nihilist can simultaneously be Kipling the winner of the Nobel Prize for his "idealistic tendency," how Kipling the romantic imperialist and believer can simultaneously be Kipling the late-Victorian doubter, how Kipling the political man can simultaneously be Kipling the artist. The obvious way to discover "the good Kipling," who differs from "the bad Kipling" not in the superiority of his ideas but in the superiority of the art embodying those ideas, in his superior ability to synthesize apparently disparate elements into a satisfying aesthetic experience, is, or course, through study of his works. - p. 9-10. |
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| Item Description: | The Cushing Library Lit/Mitchell copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell. |
| Physical Description: | ix, 216 pages ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0821400851 9780821400852 |