Softcover

ISBN 10: 0486264718 ISBN 13: 9780486264714

Publisher: Dover Publications, 1990

In such poems as "Gunga Din," "Mandalay," "Tommy," "Danny Deever," "If —," "The White Man's Burden," and "The Female of the Species," Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) evoked stirring images and created archetypes of British character at the height of the Empire. Filled with character study, dramatic incident, and rousing language, the poems delineate the time, place, and ethos of British ascendancy as surely as a novel or history of the period, yet they possess a timelessness and universality that lifts them above the purely temporal.
Readers will find in this choice selection of 44 poems, reprinted from authoritative editions, not only a glimpse of the Empire, but the works of a vigorous and original poet who brought the language apt and colorful turns of phrase we still cherish.

About the Author:

Nobel Laureate Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) is best remembered for children's tales such as The Jungle Book as well as his poetry and stories about British soldiers in India, which include "Gunga Din" and The Man Who Would Be King. Kipling was enormously popular at the turn of the 20th century but his reputation declined with the change in attitude toward British imperialism. In recent years Kipling's works have found new acclaim as a vibrant source of literary and cultural history.

Review:

The Absent-minded Beggar
The Ballad Of East And West
The Ballad Of The 'bolivar'
The Ballad Of The Kings's Mercy
Barrack Room Ballads: Introduction
The Betrothed
Blue Roses
Boots
Cities And Thrones And Powers
The Conundrum Of The Workshops
Danny Deever
The 'eathen
The English Flag
The Female Of The Species
'fuzzy-wuzzy' (soudan Expeditionary Force)
Gentlemen-rankers
Gunga Din
Hadramauti
I Keep Six Honest Serving-men
If
In The Neolithic Age
L'envoi
L'envoi
The Ladies
The Law Of The Jungle
A Legend Of The Foreign Office
M'andrew's Hymn
Mandalay
Mother O' Mine
My Rival
Oonts
Recessional
The Sea And The Hills
The Sergeant's Weddin'
Sestina Of The Tramp Royal
The Song Of The Little Hunter
A Song To Mithras
The Story Of Uriah
Tarrant Moss
Tomlinson
Tommy [atkins]
The Vampire
The White Man's Burden
The Widow At Windsor
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®