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Writings on Writing

Autor Rudyard Kipling Editat de Sandra Kemp, Lisa Lewis
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 25 iul 1996
Unlike his contemporaries Virginia Woolf and Henry James, Kipling always denied he was a critic. But his letters, speeches, and stories are full of comments on writing and writers. This collection, including many formerly unpublished private letters and papers, details Kipling's response to the commercialisation of literature and the emerging role of the writer as celebrity in the turbulent literary world of the 1890s and beyond. They reveal a mind intensely concerned with questions of literary value, with language and imagination, with truth, realism, and romanticism. Kipling's fame made him a significant spokesperson for important segments of the reading public - the soldiers, engineers, and functionaries central to Britain's imperial expansion. He profoundly influenced English literary language and our perception of English national character. This book offers access to the private and public history of a writer whose continuing influence is still a matter of fierce controversy.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521445276
ISBN-10: 0521445272
Pagini: 242
Ilustrații: 7 b/w illus.
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 17 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Locul publicării:Cambridge, United Kingdom

Cuprins

1. Portrait of the artist as a young man; 2. Aesthetics; 3. How to write: ingredients and methods; 4. History and contemporary culture; 5. The commerce of literature; 6. The writer and his critics; 7. Afterword; Notes; Index.

Descriere

This study, which includes many unpublished private letters and papers, details Kipling's hitherto neglected role as literary critic.