20th Century Selected Poems - Softcover

Kipling, Rudyard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140184775 ISBN 13: 9780140184778

Publisher: Penguin Classic, 1993

Synopsis

Rudyard Kipling's reputation as Britain's unofficial Poet Laureate has obscured the true nature of his achievement. Far from being an Establishment figure, he was a fiercely independent poet, opposed to the dominant political and literary leanings of his age. His poems range from exhilarating celebrations of British expansion, through vivid character sketches of soldiers and seamen, to political invective, artistic manifestos, and enchanting poems for children. In this new selection, Kipling's poems are presented in chronological order to reveal the scope and development, as well as the originality, of his work. Opening with Kipling's satirization of the British in India, it closes with his warning against the rise of Nazi Germany.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classic
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 0140184775
• ISBN 13: 9780140184778
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240
• Editor: Ed Keating Peter