But his short stories written a decade earlier are brilliant in their wit and satire as they mock Anglo-Indian society, point out the hypocrisies of the Raj's rule, and cross the boundaries, both geographical and cultural, that separated colonizer and colonized.
In Rudyard Kipling became the first English writer to receive the Nobel prize for literature. But, in fact, Kipling was not an 'English' writer as such -- indeed, like the Laureateship, he refused the prize so as not to be associated with any national government.
Kipling was instead a global writer. We should not disregard Kipling for his racism and jingoism, but instead interrogate his literature with the critical lens that postcolonialism offers us.
Rather than producing English writing, Kipling authored world writing in English. He was dedicated as ever to his writing, something Carrie helped ensure. Adopting the role of the head of the household, she held reporters at bay when they came calling and issued directions to both staff and children. The same year he purchased Bateman's, Kipling also published his Just So Stories , which were greeted with wide acclaim. The book itself was in part a tribute to his late daughter, for whom Kipling had originally crafted the stories as he put her to bed.
The book's name had, in fact, come from Josephine, who told her father he had to repeat each tale as he always had, or "just so," as Josephine often said. As much of Europe braced for war with Germany, Kipling proved to be an ardent supporter of the fight.
In , he even traveled to France to report on the war from the trenches. He also encouraged his son, John, to enlist. Since Josephine's death, Kipling and John had grown tremendously close. Wanting to help his son enlist, Kipling drove John to several different military recruiters.
But plagued with the same eyesight problems his father had, John was repeatedly turned down. Finally, Kipling made use of his connections and managed to get John enlisted with the Irish Guard as a second lieutenant.
In October , the Kiplings received word that John had gone missing in France. The news devastated the couple. Kipling, perhaps feeling guilty about his push to make his son a soldier, set off for France to find John. But nothing ever came of the search, and John's body was never recovered.
A distraught and drained Kipling returned to England to once again mourn the loss of a child. While Kipling continued to write for the next two decades, he never again returned to the bright, cheery children's tales he had once so delighted in crafting. Health issues eventually caught up to both Kipling and Carrie, the result of age and grief. Over his last few years, Kipling suffered from a painful ulcer that eventually took his life on January 18, Kipling's work entered the realm of mass popular entertainment in the Disney film adaptation of The Jungle Book , a animated musical loosely based on the original tale.
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The inferior education he received at the cheap boarding school was made worse by the bullying and brutality which featured so prominently on a day-to-day basis. The harshness of his childhood became a strong feature in his literature, which often depicted brutality and severity as its key theme.
This is a story based on a trio of schoolboys with the character known as Beetle loosely based on Kipling himself. The story includes a variety of austere themes, including violence and revenge combined with more macabre undertones, whilst its conclusion has the boys ending up in the armed forces in India. His childhood experiences were clearly explored and evoked in his literature; the bleakness and cruelty is evident on the page.
In Kipling would return to India once more in order to work as a journalist for seven years. During this time Kipling was able to immerse himself completely in the experience, belonging to the Anglo-Indian society which held prominence, whilst remaining enthralled by the spectacles which India had to offer. His time in India would prove to be a literary fulfilling experience, inspiring him to produce a variety of prose, verse and short-story collections. Upon his return to England in , Kipling would be very well-received as his reputation as a great poet and short-story writer had spread.
Many of the poems were written from the perspective of English soldiers and won him great notoriety. The verse contrasts with his later work, as he depicts the Indian as a heroic character whilst the British soldiers around him treat him with a lack of respect.
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