Poetry for Young People: Rudyard Kipling: Volume 8 - Softcover

Edited By Eileen Gillooly

 
9781402772931: Poetry for Young People: Rudyard Kipling: Volume 8

Synopsis

This great collection of Rudyard Kiplings short stories and poems covers the full range of Kipling's career from the 1880s to the 1930s. It includes selections from Plain Tales from the Hills, Traffics and Discoveries, Just So Stories, Barrack-Room Ballads and Other Verses and many more. All are beautifully illustrated by Sharpe, whose paintings are not only exquisite but help young minds interpret the poems. This book also features insightful commentary and a lengthy introduction detailing the events of Kiplings life and their relationship to his work.

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About the Author

Eileen Gillooly is an associate professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University, where she also earned her PhD. Her academic interests include 19th-century literature and culture in Britain and its colonies. She has been awarded research fellowships by the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Illustrator Jim Sharpe was born in 1936, he died in 2005. He worked largely in portraits and realistic representations, primarily in watercolour and mixed media. His work has been displayed in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C.

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9780806944845: Rudyard Kipling (Poetry for Young People S.)

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ISBN 10:  0806944846 ISBN 13:  9780806944845
Publisher: Sterling Juvenile, 2000
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