This edition of the poetry of Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 includes all the poems contained in the Definitive Edition of 1940. In his lifetime, Kipling was widely regarded as the unofficial Poet Laureate, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907. His poetry is striking for its many rhythms and popular forms of speech, and Kipling was equally at home with dramatic monologues and extended ballads.
He is often thought of as glorifying war, militarism, and the British Empire, but an attentive reading of the poems does not confirm that view. This edition reprints George Orwell's hard-hitting account of Kipling's poems, first published in 1942, and generally regarded as one of the most important contributions to critical discussion of Kipling.
KIPLING RUDYARD
Rudyard Kipling 1865-1936 nació en Bombay en diciembre de 1865. Regresó a la India desde Inglaterra poco antes de cumplir diecisiete años para trabajar como periodista, primero en la Gaceta Civil y Militar de Lahore y luego en el Pioneer de Allahabad. Los poemas y relatos que escribió durante los siete años siguientes sentaron las bases de su reputación literaria, y poco después de su regreso a Londres en 1889, alcanzó fama mundial. A lo largo de su vida, sus obras gozaron de gran reconocimiento y popularidad, pero sus opiniones políticas lo hicieron cada vez más controvertido, y ha sido difícil emitir juicios literarios sin prejuicios partidistas.
