A Soldier's Kipling
A Soldier's Kipling

Author: Edward J. Erickson

Publisher:

Published: 2018

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781526718532

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Rudyard Kipling was one of the most versatile writers of the Victorian age - a journalist, storyteller, historian and poet. One of the major subjects of his poetry was the British army and the way it waged its campaigns during Queen Victoria's 'little wars', and it is this aspect of his writing that Edward Erickson explores in this absorbing and perceptive study. Kipling's military poems offer insights into the profession of arms and how soldiers were trained and fought in distant expeditionary campaigns - they bring to life the world of the Victorian soldier in the most evocative way. Although not a soldier himself, Kipling wrote about timeless themes of military and wartime service, the experience of combat, unit cohesion and individual courage. A Soldier's Kipling is an original contribution to the understanding of Kipling's work and his times, and it should lead to a fresh appreciation of a facet of his writing that has not been focused on so closely before.

Mr. Kipling's Army
Mr. Kipling's Army

Author: Byron Farwell

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1987

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13: 9780393304442

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This is an upstairs-downstairs view of the Victorian-Edwardian army, one of the world's most peculiar fighting forces. The battles it fought are household words, but the idiosyncracies and eccentricities of its soldiers and the often appalling conditions under which they lived have gone largely unrecorded. Byron Farwell explores here the lives of officers and men, their foibles, gallantry, and diversions, their discipline and their rewards.

War Stories and Poems
War Stories and Poems

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780192836861

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This unique anthology of Kipling's war stories and poems provides critical comment on the ineptitude of the British in the Boer War. Including such stories as "Barrack-Room Ballads," this work provides tales of courage and adventure, as well as shameful episodes of retreat and failure.

Soldier Stories
Soldier Stories

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2018-09-28

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 9781727644913

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The title story of this collection, features three of Kipling's recurring characters, privates Mulvaney, Ortheris, and Learoyd, who together constitute a kind of modern-day Three Musketeers. The collection also contains "The Story of the Gadsbys", and "In Black and White". Includes vintage illustration!

A Soldier's Kipling
A Soldier's Kipling

Author: Edward J. Erickson

Publisher: Pen and Sword

Published: 2018-06-30

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 1526718553

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Rudyard Kipling was one of the most versatile writers of the Victorian age a journalist, storyteller, historian and poet. One of the major subjects of his poetry was the British army and the way it waged its campaigns during Queen Victorias little wars, and it is this aspect of his writing that Edward Erickson explores in this absorbing and perceptive study.Kiplings military poems offer insights into the profession of arms and how soldiers were trained and fought in distant expeditionary campaigns they bring to life the world of the Victorian soldier in the most evocative way. Although not a soldier himself, Kipling wrote about timeless themes of military and wartime service, the experience of combat, unit cohesion and individual courage.A Soldiers Kipling is an original contribution to the understanding of Kiplings work and his times, and it should lead to a fresh appreciation of a facet of his writing that has not been focused on so closely before.

The Eyes of Asia
The Eyes of Asia

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Publisher: Garden City, N.Y. Doubleday, Page 1919.

Published: 1918

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13:

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"A series of letters purporting to be written by an East Indian officer wounded in France to his relatives at home." - New York Times Book Review, Oct. 20, 1918.

Selected Poems
Selected Poems

Author: Rudyard Kipling

Publisher: Penguin UK

Published: 2006-06-29

Total Pages: 194

ISBN-13: 0141922168

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Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is often regarded as the unofficial Laureate of the British Empire. Yet his writing reveals a ferociously independent figure at times violently opposed to the dominant political and literary tendencies of his age. Arranged in chronological order, this diverse selection of his poetry shows the development of Kipling's talent, his deepening maturity and the growing sombreness of his poetic vision. Ranging from early, exhilarating celebrations of British expansion overseas, including 'Mandalay' and 'Gunga Din', to the dignified and inspirational 'If -' and the later, deeply moving 'Epitaphs of the War' - inspired by the death of Kipling's only son - it clearly illustrates the scope and originality of his work. It also offers a compelling insight into the Empire both at its peak and during its decline in the early years of the twentieth century.