LEADER 02946nam 2200601Ia 450 001 9910450844303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-52860-6 010 $a9786613841056 010 $a1-4039-7868-9 024 7 $a10.1007/978-1-4039-7868-4 035 $a(CKB)1000000000342696 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000283840 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11256020 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000283840 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10250521 035 $a(PQKB)11004776 035 $a(DE-He213)978-1-4039-7868-4 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC308112 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL308112 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10135458 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL384105 035 $a(OCoLC)560463000 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000342696 100 $a20041223d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRudyard Kipling$b[electronic resource] $ehell and heroism /$fWilliam B. Dillingham 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cPalgrave Macmillan$d2005 215 $a1 online resource (400 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-349-99960-1 311 $a1-4039-6997-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [309]-362) and index. 330 $aVictorianStudies on theWebCritics Choice!Rudyard Kipling: Hell and Heroism is an exploration of two fundamental yet greatly neglected aspects of the author's life and writings: his deep-seated pessimism and his complex creed of heroism. The method of the book is both biographical and critical. Biographically, it traces the roots of Kipling's dark worldview and his search for something to believe in, a way of thinking and acting in defiance of life's hellishness. There matters were more basic to him than any of his social or political opinions, but this the first full-length study devoted to them. Critically, the book takes a fresh and close look at some of Kipling's most important works. The result challenges long established assumptions and amounts to a major reconsideration of novels like Kim and stories like "Mary Postgate" and "The Gardener." Central in these discussions of individual writings is Kipling's concern with the heroic life, but of equal importance is the analysis and evaluation of them as works of art. Avoiding the tangled and special language of some recent literary theory, this will appeal to a wide audience of those interested in Kipling's mind and art. 606 $aPessimism in literature 606 $aCourage in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPessimism in literature. 615 0$aCourage in literature. 676 $a828/.809 700 $aDillingham$b William B$0547340 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910450844303321 996 $aRudyard Kipling$92454964 997 $aUNINA