Challenging received opinion and breaking new ground in Kipling scholarship, these essays on Kipling's attitudes to the First World War, to the culture of Edwardian England, to homosexuality and to Jewishness, bring historical, literary critical and postcolonial approaches to this perennially controversial writer.

The Introduction situates the book in the context of Kipling's changing reputation and of recent Kipling scholarship. After the perspectives of Chesterton (1905), Orwell (1942) and Jarrell (1960), newer contributions address Kipling's approach to the Boer war, his involvement with World War One, his Englishness and the politics of literary quotation. Different aspects of Kipling's relation to India are explored, including the 'Mutiny', Eastern religions, his Indian travel writings and his knowledge of 'the vernacular'.

This collection, whose contributors include Hugh Brogan, Dan Jacobson, Daniel Karlin and Bryan Cheyette, is essential reading for academics and students of Kipling, Victorian and Edwardian English literature and cultural history.

About the Author
Jan Montefiore is Professor of Twentieth Century English Literature at the University of Kent

Reviews

Jan Montefiore's handsomely produced collection of essays tackles the subject [Kipling's views] straight on.
Adam Roberts, TLS, January 2014

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Book Information
ISBN 9780719095757
Author Janet Montefiore
Format Hardback
Page Count 320
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press