The day's work : Kipling and the idea of sacrifice /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Coates, John (John D.)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Madison : London ; Cranbury, NJ : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Associated University Presses, [1997]
Subjects:	Kipling, Rudyard, > 1865-1936 > Criticism and interpretation. Psychological fiction, English > History and criticism. Didactic fiction, English > History and criticism. Sacrifice in literature. Order in literature.

Table of Contents:

Failure and success of civilizations in Puck of Pook's Hill
Rewards and fairies : Thor and Tyr, necessary suffering, and the battle against disorder
Rewards and fairies : loyalty and sacrifice
Religious crosscurrents in "The house surgeon"
The redemption theme in Limits and renewals
The limits of knowledge : "The eye of Allah"
Kipling's valediction to art : "proofs of holy writ".