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Biography

Name: Joseph Rudyard Kipling
Birth Date: December 30, 1865
Death Date: January 18, 1936
Place of Birth: Bombay, India
Place of Death: Burwash, England
Nationality: British
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer, poet

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Biography of Joseph Rudyard Kipling
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The British poet and story writer Joseph Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) was one of the first masters of the short story in English and the first to use Cockney dialect in serious poetry. Rudyard Kipling's early stories and poems about life in colonial...
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Biography of Joseph Rudyard Kipling
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The years 1890-1932, during which Joseph Rudyard Kipling was having his books published in London and New York, coincided with the development of modernism and its establishment as the dominant literary style of the twentieth century. Kipling's immense...
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Biography of (Joseph) Rudyard Kipling
10,407 words, approx. 35 pages
It is easy to underestimate the variety, complexity, and subtlety of Rudyard Kipling 's writing. He became an extraordinarily popular writer in the 1890s with short stories and poems enlivened by strange and interesting settings, a brisk narrative...
 


Quotations
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Rudyard Kipling Quotes
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Rudyard Kipling ( 30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936 ) was a British author and poet , born in India. In 1907, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature , making him the first English language writer to receive the prize, and he remains today its...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Kipling, Joseph Rudyard Summary
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(1865–1936), British writer. Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay, India. His parents, John Lockwood, the principal of an art school, and Alice Macdonald Kipling, sent him to England at the age of six (1871) for school where he was subjected to...
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Rudyard Kipling Information
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News and Journals
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AP News
Britain marks Falklands War anniversary
6/18/2007: 354 words, approx. 1 pages
Dozens of military aircraft flew over Buckingham Palace on Sunday to mark the 25th anniversary of the end of the Falklands War between Britain and Argentina.Prince Charles, Prime Minister Tony Blair and former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher joined military leaders and thousands of veterans for...
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Starbucks label signs Joni Mitchell
7/25/2007: 328 words, approx. 1 pages
Joni Mitchell is following the lead of Paul McCartney in joining with the coffee giant Starbucks to release her comeback album.Hear Music, a record label formed in partnership with Starbucks Corp. and the Concord Music Group, said Wednesday that Mitchell is its second signing. "Shine,"...
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Today in history - Jan. 18
1/18/2007: 576 words, approx. 2 pages
Today is Thursday, Jan. 18, the 18th day of 2007. There are 347 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Jan. 18, 1912, English explorer Robert F. Scott and his expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had beaten them...
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Petraeus draws strength from Kipling
9/12/2007: 501 words, approx. 2 pages
It's been a long slog through unfriendly terrain, but the top U.S. commander in Iraq had a poem from Rudyard Kipling to give him strength as he faced pointed questions from Congress and sharp attacks from opponents of the war this week.Gen. David Petraeus told...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Don Randall
10,245 words, approx. 34 pages
In the following essay, Randall underscores how British imperial history, particularly the history of mutinies, informs Kipling's short fiction.
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Critical Essay by U. C. Knoepflmacher
8,839 words, approx. 30 pages
In the following essay, Knoepflmacher links aspects of Kipling's life and his treatment of feminine power in short fiction, particularly through the story “Baa Baa, Black Sheep.”
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Critical Essay by John McBratney
8,564 words, approx. 29 pages
In the following essay, McBratney considers Kipling's concept of cultural identity as it relates to juvenile characters in the author's short fiction.
 
Featured Essays
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Essay Grade: 86%
The Man in "If"
554 words, approx. 2 pages
In his poem "If," Rudyard Kipling provides advice and guidelines on how a person can grow into a "man of the Earth" and live a good life both for himself and for others. Such a man, according to Kipling, should have patience in addressing problems, treat success and failure equally, take risks, be humble, and take time to do useful things.


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