VictorianStudies on theWebCritics Choice!Rudyard Kipling: Hell and
Heroism is an exploration of two fundamental yet greatly neglected
aspects of the author's life and writings: his deep-seated
pessimism and his complex creed of heroism. The method of the book
is both biographical and critical. Biographically, it traces the
roots of Kipling's dark worldview and his search for something to
believe in, a way of thinking and acting in defiance of life's
hellishness. There matters were more basic to him than any of his
social or political opinions, but this the first full-length study
devoted to them. Critically, the book takes a fresh and close look
at some of Kipling's most important works. The result challenges
long established assumptions and amounts to a major reconsideration
of novels like Kim and stories like "Mary Postgate" and "The
Gardener." Central in these discussions of individual writings is
Kipling's concern with the heroic life, but of equal importance is
the analysis and evaluation of them as works of art. Avoiding the
tangled and special language of some recent literary theory, this
will appeal to a wide audience of those interested in Kipling's
mind and art.
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