100 Poems: Old and New

By Rudyard Kipling

Book Overview

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), winner of the 1907 Nobel Prize for Literature and author of one of the most popular poems in the English language, 'If-', has long captured the interest of poetry lovers. Here, Thomas Pinney brings together a selection of well-established favourites and the best of the previously uncollected and unpublished poems from The Cambridge Edition of the Poems of Rudyard Kipling (2013). The poems, whether exploring the colonial experience, exposing the injustice of war, or appreciating the beauties of nature, resonate with Kipling's keen observations of his world and strong sense of poetic rhythm. Discovered by Pinney in an array of unlikely hiding places, the uncollected and unpublished poems show the diversity and development of Kipling's talent over his lifetime, and, when combined with long-held favourites, offer readers a unique opportunity to experience Kipling's mastery of poetry in a new way.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108452841
• ISBN13: 9781108452847
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.7"

Customer Reviews

Fill your cup with Kipling.

This is a collection of some of the popular poems, and many were in local papers that never made it to the mainstream. There are some jewels, but we also find a clinker or two. Each reader will find his/her favorite. No illustrations. Selected and edited by Thomas Pinney. A good table of contents and an index of the poem. There is also an index of first lines as "You may talk o' gin and beer". Too bad it was not the last lines as "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!" It is worth investing in stilly notes for your favorite passages. Read again in ten years to see if your taste differs.