“The Long Recessional” provides the modern reader with a concise biography of the multi-faceted Kipling, showing him as, if not a man for all seasons, surely a man for his time. -- The London Magazine Preisangaben inkl. As a recessional is a hymn or piece of music that is sung or played at the end of a religious service, in some respects the title dictates the form of the poem, which is that of a traditional English hymn. Rezension aus dem Vereinigten Königreich vom 8. The long recessional : the imperial life of Rudyard Kipling by Gilmour, David, 1952-Publication date 2002 Topics Rezension aus dem Vereinigten Königreich vom 8. All in all, a good, albeit slow, read. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. He warned unsuccessfully against the steep cuts made in the Royal Navy and other services as Europe, other than Germany, especially the British, disarmed in the 1920s and l930s under liberal as well as relatively conservative governments, wishful thinkers and idealists, not dissimilar to the US then and today. Buy The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling by Gilmour, David (ISBN: 9780712665186) from Amazon's Book Store. If it hadn't been for the United States he was convinced that Germany would have won WW I, Like myself Kipling was a great admirer of Winston Churchill, yet seemingly forgetful;of Churchill's occasional mistakes. As a fervent admirer of Kipling's books, short stories and poetry, I found the book interesting, though slow and spending too much time on Kipling's political views and jumping from one period to another back and forth without chronological consistency. Kipling was in his early twenties when his first stories about Anglo-Indian life vaulted him into celebrity. The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling, by David Gilmour, Pimlico, £15, 351pp. Trade Paperback; $11.99. Enthält dieses Buch Qualitäts- oder Formatierungsprobleme? Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Abhängig von der Lieferadresse kann die USt. This item: LONG RECESSIONAL by David Gilmour Paperback $22.06. The long recessional : the imperial life of Rudyard Kipling by Gilmour, David, 1952- Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Wählen Sie die Kategorie aus, in der Sie suchen möchten. . [Gilmour's] assessment of the political background of Kipling's writings is The hortatory verses to which Kipling turned after settling permanently in England reached their apex in the Boer War fund-raising ditty "Absent … Dieser Artikel hat eine maximale Bestellmenge. Excerpted by permission. . "The Long Recessional" by David Gilmour A biography of the writer who possibly had the greatest influence on the 20th century argues that Rudyard Kipling … Finden Sie Top-Angebote für The Long Recessional von David Gilmour (Taschenbuch) bei eBay. Schnelle Lieferung, auch auf Rechnung - lehmanns.de I regretted to read of Rud's anti-semitism, though it was consistent with that of most of the British social and upper class attitudes of his time. Kipling books are a source of education that makes you wish for a moment in time you could live during that era. The Long Recessional The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling. Read "The Long Recessional The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling" by David Gilmour available from Rakuten Kobo. On the other hand, Kipling correctly predicted the coming of WWII initiated by Germany, having also lost his only son in the first World War. Heimlieferung oder in Filiale: The Long Recessional The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling von David Gilmour | Orell Füssli: Der Buchhändler Ihres Vertrauens Zugelassene Drittanbieter verwenden diese Tools auch in Verbindung mit der Anzeige von Werbung durch uns. The Recessional is a hymn and a poem. Es wird kein Kindle Gerät benötigt. His great poem "Recessional" celebrated Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897 and his last poems warned of the dangers of Nazism, while Kipling himself, an icon of the empire, was transformed from an apostle of success to a prophet of national decline. By the time he died, the man who incarnated an era for millions was almost forgotten, and new generations must come to terms in their own way with his enduring but mysterious powers.Previous works on Kipling have focused exclusively on his writing and on his domestic life. Pick, Scotsman. 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