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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Gilbert, Elliot L. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	[Athens, Ohio] : Ohio University Press, 1971.
Subjects:	Kipling, Rudyard, > 1865-1936 > Criticism and interpretation. Adventure stories, English > History and criticism. Short story. Nouvelle. Kipling, Rudyard, > 1865-1936 Adventure stories, English Short story Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Table of Contents:

"Not at all my favorite author"
The law of nature, the law of art
The art of the simple
The art of the complex
Imperialism as metaphor
The aesthetics of violence
"Kipling suspected it".