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Kipling, the Elton John of his age?

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Professor Elleke Boehmer discusses why Kipling's writing, and his poetry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in particular, launched him to international fame across the British Empire.

By comparing him to contemporary popular figures such as Elton John and Paul McCartney, she offers insight into how Kipling's verse captured the popular imagination of the common people throughout the age of imperialism.

Date Published: 08 October 2012
Contributors:
Elleke Boehmer, Dominic Davies
In Collection(s): Colonial Writers, Rudyard Kipling
Keywords:
kipling, imperialism, British empire, poetry, verse, colonialism, India, South Africa, #greatwriters
Source:
University of Oxford Podcasts
Cite: Kipling, the Elton John of his age? by Elleke Boehmer, Dominic Davies at http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/ via http://writersinspire.org/content/kipling-elton-john-his-age. Published on 08 October 2012. Accessed on 23 November 2024.

If reusing this resource please attribute as follows: Kipling, the Elton John of his age? (http://podcasts.ox.ac.uk/) by Elleke Boehmer, Dominic Davies, licensed as Creative Commons BY-NC-SA (2.0 UK).