Kipling's America : travel letters, 1889-1895 / D.H. Stewart, editor.
Readers are provided with the opportunity to hear again Kipling at his cocky and often opinionated best. From Kipling's perspective, America unleashed the chaotic energy latent in human beings, and he was uncertain whether this energy inevitably would be productive or destructive." "T...
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| Language: | English |
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Greensboro, NC :
ELT Press, University of North Carolina at Greensboro,
©2003.
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| Summary: | Readers are provided with the opportunity to hear again Kipling at his cocky and often opinionated best. From Kipling's perspective, America unleashed the chaotic energy latent in human beings, and he was uncertain whether this energy inevitably would be productive or destructive." "That some of his impressions were one-dimensional is undeniable, but equally undeniable is his gift of language - his access to a ready lexicon often composed of what he termed a "perpetual Pentecost" to describe the "talking in tongues" heard in British Overseas Clubs throughout the Empire. This hodgepodge of European languages (counter-pointed with pidgin English, Chinese, Hindi, American) produced a symphony (or cacophony) of bountiful word play."--Jacket. |
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| Item Description: | OldControl:muse9780944318331. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xlii, 282 pages :) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 258-276) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780944318331 0944318339 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |