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Writings on Writing (Paperback)
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Writings on Writing (Paperback)
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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collection, including many formerly unpublished private letters and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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