The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling
Autor David Gilmouren Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 iul 2019
David Gilmour's superb biography of Rudyard Kipling is the first to show how the life and work of the great writer mirrored the trajectory of the British Empire, from its zenith to its final decades. His famous poem 'Recessional' celebrated Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, but his last poems warned of the dangers of Nazism, and in those intervening years Kipling, himself an icon of the Empire, was transformed from an apostle of success to a prophet of national decline. As Gilmour makes clear, Kipling's mysterious stories and poetry deeply influenced the way his readers saw both themselves and the British Empire, and they continue to challenge us today.
'A fine, fair and generous work ... Gilmour's celebrated life of Curzon demonstrated his mastery of imperial nuance and esoteric character, and he brings to this book just the right combination of empathy, distaste and
fastidious detachment ... there is never a flaccid line, and never a hasty judgement' Jan Morris,New Statesman
'Every now and again a book comes along that sheds new light on a life we thought we knew. David Gilmour's beautifully-written biography of Rudyard Kipling is just such a work ... This is literary biography at its very finest' George Rosie,Sunday Herald
'An enthralling biography of a mind ... essential reading for anyone who cares about how a writer finds, and passionately lives, his subject' Ruth Padel,Daily Telegraph
'The best Kipling biography yet written ... Gilmour's account of this driven man shines with intelligence' J. B. Pick,Scotsman
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141990880
ISBN-10: 0141990880
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: 16pp b/w
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141990880
Pagini: 368
Ilustrații: 16pp b/w
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.29 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
David
Gilmouris
one
of
Britain's
most
admired
and
accomplished
historical
writers
and
biographers.
He
is
the
author
ofCurzon:
Imperial
Statesman(Duff
Cooper
Prize),The
Ruling
Caste:
Imperial
Lives
in
the
Victorian
Raj,
and
the
acclaimedThe
British
in
India:
Three
Centuries
of
Ambition
and
Experience.
His
other
works
includeThe
Pursuit
of
Italy:
A
History
of
a
Land,
its
Regions
and
their
Peoples,The
Last
Leopard,
a
biography
of
Giuseppe
di
Lampedusa
(Marsh
Biography
Award)
as
well
as
several
books
on
the
modern
history
of
Spain
and
the
Middle
East.
He
is
a
Fellow
of
the
Royal
Society
of
Literature
and
a
former
Research
Fellow
of
St
Antony's
College,
Oxford.
Recenzii
An
enthralling
biography
of
a
mind
...
essential
reading
for
anyone
who
cares
about
how
a
writer
finds,
and
passionately
lives,
his
subject
The best Kipling biogaphy yet written ... Gilmour's account of this driven man shines with intelligence
A fine, fair and generous work ... Gilmour's celebrated life of Curzon demonstrated his mastery of imperial nuance and esoteric character, and he brings to this book just the right combination of empathy, distaste and fastidious detachment
The best Kipling biogaphy yet written ... Gilmour's account of this driven man shines with intelligence
A fine, fair and generous work ... Gilmour's celebrated life of Curzon demonstrated his mastery of imperial nuance and esoteric character, and he brings to this book just the right combination of empathy, distaste and fastidious detachment