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Something of Myself and Other Autobiographical Writings

Rudyard Kipling author Thomas Pinney editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:3rd Dec '13

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In his last work, Something of Myself, Rudyard Kipling reflects on his life and the basis of his art.

Rudyard Kipling's last work reflects on his life and the basis of his art. Illustrated with Kipling's own satirical drawings from the manuscripts, and brought together with his other autobiographical writings (some previously unpublished), this fascinating book sheds new light on the intriguing relationship between Kipling's life and work.Rudyard Kipling has been described as 'one of the few complete originals in English literature'. In his last work, Something of Myself, he reflects on his life and the basis of his art. Yet paradoxically this ostensibly autobiographical work (as an early critic pointed out) actually discloses very little of himself. Thomas Pinney's revealing edition now uncovers the extraordinary extent to which Kipling's account of his life fails to match the biographical facts, in a series of selections, omissions and distortions. Illustrated with Kipling's own satirical drawings from the manuscripts, and brought together with his other autobiographical writings (some previously unpublished), this fascinating book sheds new light on the intriguing relationship between Kipling's life and work.

ISBN: 9781107693500

Dimensions: 215mm x 137mm x 16mm

Weight: 480g

330 pages