Rudyard Kipling

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"Rudyard Kipling: Hell and Heroism is an exploration of two fundamental yet greatly neglected aspects of the author's life and writings: his deep-seated pessimism and his complex creed of heroism. The method of the book is both biographical and critical. Biographically, it traces the roots of Kipling's dark worldview and his search for something to believe in, a way of thinking and acting in defiance of life's hellishness."--Jacket.

subjects: Pessimism in literature,  Criticism and interpretation,  Courage in literature,  Kipling, rudyard, 1865-1936,  Pessimisme dans la littérature,  Courage dans la littérature,  LITERARY CRITICISM,  European,  English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh,  Literary studies: general,  Literature

People: Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)