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The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling

Paperback • 2003 • English

The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling

By David Gilmour

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"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...Show more

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ISBN

9780374528966

Publisher

Farrar, Strauss Giroux-3pl

Published year

2003

Language

English

Original title

The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling

Format

Paperback

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