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Kipling: The Selected Poems (The Folio Poets)

Kipling: The Selected Poems (The Folio Poets)

George Tute
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Whether it was the hill stations of the Raj or the markets of Allahabad, India provided an extraordinary inspiration to Rudyard Kipling's work. This collection of 168 poems by the Nobel Prize winning poet was printed in Great Britain by the Bath Press, Bath, on Munken pure paper, and bound by them in quarter leather and cloth sides, with a design by George Tute.
The British poet Rudyard Kipling was born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay, where his father, Lockwood Kipling, was Professor of Architectural Sculpture. He was enrolled in the United Services College in Devon, a school designed to prepare children for service in the British Army. In 1882 Kipling returned to India to work as a journalist on the Lahore-based Civil and Military Gazette. A fiercely enthusiastic writer, he produced verse and stories for the newspaper as well as writing features on Anglo-Indian life. As Kipling travelled India for the newspaper he became absorbed in the local stories.
Kipling and Caroline Balestier were married in London in January 1892. Following their marriage they went to live in the United States near her family?s home in Vermont, in a house named ?Bliss Cottage?. It was there in December 1892 that Kipling?s daughter Josephine was born. That year, the most famous Rudyard Kipling book was written, The Jungle Book. Published in 1894, it was greeted with widespread acclaim, not only as brilliant adventure stories but moral touchstones for the Victorian era. During a brief spell in Devon, where Kipling?s son John was born in 1897, Kipling wrote his most controversial works, the poems ?Recessional? and ?The White Man?s Burden? . These poems, though hugely influential and popular, mark a shift in his writing into the political realm.
A staunch supporter of the British Empire and the high ideals of colonialism, Kipling's fame increased, and he would become known as ?the Poet of the Empire?. By the turn of the century Kipling's literary career was at its peak. His largely autobiographical novel Kim was published in 1901 and in 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature; the youngest ever recipient and the first to speak the English language. With his reputation now secured his writing became even more political as he used his fame to promote causes from Freemasonry and Ulster Unionism to the arms race with Germany.
In 1910 he published his most celebrated poem, ?If?? cataloguing the qualities necessary to become a decent man, it remains Britain?s most popular poem. Kipling's love for the Empire led to his enthusiastic support for the First World War in 1914. Since his death on 18 January 1936, there has been much debate over Kipling's militant enthusiasm for the British Empire. However, few critics fail to praise the quality of his stories and poems, with many great authors, from George Orwell to Jorge Luis Borges, citing Kipling as a key inspiration. Though he remains controversial in his beloved India, the post-Independence Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru always claimed Kim was his favourite book.
Language
English
Pages
423
Format
Leather Bound

Kipling: The Selected Poems (The Folio Poets)

George Tute
0/5 ( ratings)
Read Download
Whether it was the hill stations of the Raj or the markets of Allahabad, India provided an extraordinary inspiration to Rudyard Kipling's work. This collection of 168 poems by the Nobel Prize winning poet was printed in Great Britain by the Bath Press, Bath, on Munken pure paper, and bound by them in quarter leather and cloth sides, with a design by George Tute.
The British poet Rudyard Kipling was born on 30 December 1865 in Bombay, where his father, Lockwood Kipling, was Professor of Architectural Sculpture. He was enrolled in the United Services College in Devon, a school designed to prepare children for service in the British Army. In 1882 Kipling returned to India to work as a journalist on the Lahore-based Civil and Military Gazette. A fiercely enthusiastic writer, he produced verse and stories for the newspaper as well as writing features on Anglo-Indian life. As Kipling travelled India for the newspaper he became absorbed in the local stories.
Kipling and Caroline Balestier were married in London in January 1892. Following their marriage they went to live in the United States near her family?s home in Vermont, in a house named ?Bliss Cottage?. It was there in December 1892 that Kipling?s daughter Josephine was born. That year, the most famous Rudyard Kipling book was written, The Jungle Book. Published in 1894, it was greeted with widespread acclaim, not only as brilliant adventure stories but moral touchstones for the Victorian era. During a brief spell in Devon, where Kipling?s son John was born in 1897, Kipling wrote his most controversial works, the poems ?Recessional? and ?The White Man?s Burden? . These poems, though hugely influential and popular, mark a shift in his writing into the political realm.
A staunch supporter of the British Empire and the high ideals of colonialism, Kipling's fame increased, and he would become known as ?the Poet of the Empire?. By the turn of the century Kipling's literary career was at its peak. His largely autobiographical novel Kim was published in 1901 and in 1907 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature; the youngest ever recipient and the first to speak the English language. With his reputation now secured his writing became even more political as he used his fame to promote causes from Freemasonry and Ulster Unionism to the arms race with Germany.
In 1910 he published his most celebrated poem, ?If?? cataloguing the qualities necessary to become a decent man, it remains Britain?s most popular poem. Kipling's love for the Empire led to his enthusiastic support for the First World War in 1914. Since his death on 18 January 1936, there has been much debate over Kipling's militant enthusiasm for the British Empire. However, few critics fail to praise the quality of his stories and poems, with many great authors, from George Orwell to Jorge Luis Borges, citing Kipling as a key inspiration. Though he remains controversial in his beloved India, the post-Independence Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru always claimed Kim was his favourite book.
Language
English
Pages
423
Format
Leather Bound

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