Writings on writing (Record no. 38856)
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| fixed length control field | 02642nam a2200253 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 9780521445276 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| ISBN | 0521445272 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 828.802 |
| Item number | KIP |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME | |
| Personal name | Kipling, Rudyard |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Writings on writing |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication | Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : |
| Name of publisher | Cambridge University Press, |
| Year of publication | 1996. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xxviii, 213 p. : |
| Other physical details | illustrations ; 24 cm |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Including Index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 1. Portrait of the artist as a young man.--<br/>2. Aesthetics.--<br/>3. How to write: Ingredients and Methods.--<br/>4. History and Contemporary Culture.--<br/>5. The Commerce of Literature.--<br/>6. The Writer and His Critics.--<br/>7. Afterwords. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | "Unlike his contemporaries Virginia Woolf and Henry James, Kipling always denied he was a critic. But his letters, speeches and stories are full of comments on writing and writers. This collection, including many previously unpublished private letters and papers, details Kipling's response to the commercialisation of literature and the emerging role of the writer as celebrity in the turbulent literary world of the 1890s and beyond. They reveal a mind intensely concerned with questions of literary value, with language and imagination, with truth, realism and romanticism. Kipling's fame made him a significant spokesperson for important segments of the reading public - the soldiers, engineers and functionaries central to Britain's imperial expansion. He profoundly influenced English literary language and our perception of English national character. This book offers new access to the private and public history of a writer whose continuing influence is still a matter of fierce controversy."--Jacket.<br/><br/>Though Kipling always denied any critical intent, his letters, speeches and stories are full of comments on writing and writers. This collection, including many previously unpublished private letters and papers, reveal a mind intensely concerned with questions of literary value. Kipling became an important spokesperson for segments of the reading public central to Britain's imperial expansion. He profoundly influenced English literary language and our perception of English national character. This book offers new access to and understanding of the private and public history of a still fiercely controversial writer. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Kipling, Rudyard, -- 1865-1936 |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Literature -- Quotations, maxims, etc. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Criticism -- Quotations, maxims, etc. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical Term | Romans. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Kemp, Sandra (Editor) |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Lewis, Lisa (Editor) |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Reference Books |
| Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Full call number | Accession Number | Koha item type |
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| Reference | Main Library | Main Library | Reference | 05/01/2005 | Purchased | 1859.00 | 828.802 KIP | 009250 | Reference Books |