Kipling Considered

Front Matter....Pages i-xii Plain Tales?....Pages 1-18 Stalky & Co.: Revising the Code....Pages 19-32 Kim and Orientalism....Pages 33-55 Kipling’s England: the Edwardian Years....Pages 56-70 ‘Mrs Bathurst’: Indeterminacy in Modern Narrative....Pages 71-84 Limits and Renewals: the Meaning of Form in the Stories of Rudyard Kipling....Pages 85-97 Kipling and the Hoax....Pages 98-114 Half-Written Tales: Kipling and Conrad....Pages 115-134 Kipling’s Upper Case....Pages 135-159 Back Matter....Pages 160-164 These essays attempt to illuminate the force and character of Rudyard Kipling and to explore the range and complexity of his work. It looks at the way in which he was known as a spokesman of Empire, celebrating action and toughness, and also at his own exploration of his craft.