Writings on Writing

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Writings on Writing
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Rudyard Kipling
Edited by Sandra Kemp
Edited by Lisa Lewis
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:244
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreLiterary essays
Literary theory
Literary studies - c 1800 to c 1900
ISBN/Barcode 9780521111751
ClassificationsDewey:801
Audience
General
Illustrations 7 Halftones, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 11 June 2009
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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 This collection, including many formerly unpublished private letters and papers, details Kipling's response to the commercialisation of literature and the emerging role of the writer as celebrity in the turbulent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.