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+ | '''Joseph Rudyard Kipling''' was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. Born in [[British India]], which inspired much of his work, he was one of the foremost [[propagandist]]s for the objectives of the [[British Empire]]. | ||
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+ | His novel [[Kim]], published serially from December 1900 to October 1901, unfolds against the backdrop of [[the Great Game]], a political conflict between [[Russia]] and [[Britain]] in [[Central Asia]]. The novel popularized the phrase and idea of there in fact being a Great Game,<ref>Seymour Becker, "The ‘great game’: The history of an evocative phrase." Asian Affairs 43.1 (2012): 61-80.</ref> a concept which served to justify British offensive objectives in [[Central Asia]]. | ||
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+ | By 1902, Kipling had switched focus. In a [[1902]] poem, ''The Rowers'', Kipling attacked the [[Wilhelm II|German Kaiser]] as a threat to Britain and made the first use of the term "Hun" as an anti-German insult, using Wilhelm's own words and the actions of German troops in [[China]] to portray Germans as essentially barbarian.<ref>Gilmour, David (2003). ''The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling'', page 206</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 05:39, 29 November 2023
Rudyard Kipling (author, journalist, poet) | |
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Born | Joseph Rudyard Kipling 30 December 1865 Bombay, Bombay Presidency, British India |
Died | 18 January 1936 (Age 70) London, England |
Nationality | British |
Children | • 3 • including • Elsie Bambridge • John Kipling |
Spouse | Caroline Starr Balestier |
Joseph Rudyard Kipling was an English novelist, short-story writer, poet, and journalist. Born in British India, which inspired much of his work, he was one of the foremost propagandists for the objectives of the British Empire.
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Creating enemy images
His novel Kim, published serially from December 1900 to October 1901, unfolds against the backdrop of the Great Game, a political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. The novel popularized the phrase and idea of there in fact being a Great Game,[1] a concept which served to justify British offensive objectives in Central Asia.
By 1902, Kipling had switched focus. In a 1902 poem, The Rowers, Kipling attacked the German Kaiser as a threat to Britain and made the first use of the term "Hun" as an anti-German insult, using Wilhelm's own words and the actions of German troops in China to portray Germans as essentially barbarian.[2]
A Document by Rudyard Kipling
Title | Document type | Publication date | Subject(s) | Description |
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Authors' Declaration of September 1914 | manifesto | September 1914 | WW1 | An declaration in support of World War 1 by 53 leading British authors. One of the earliest efforts of the nascent War Propaganda Bureau to craft a coherent intellectual message in support of the war effort. |
A Quote by Rudyard Kipling
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Document:Ellwood vs Ellwood | “Pagett, MP, was a liar, and a fluent liar therewith –
He spoke of the heat of India as the ‘Asian Solar Myth’; Came on a four months’ visit, to ‘study the East,’ in November, And I got him to sign an agreement vowing to stay till September. And I laughed as I drove from the station, but the mirth died out on my lips As I thought of the fools like Pagett who write of their ‘Eastern trips’, And the sneers of the travelled idiots who duly misgovern the land, And I prayed to the Lord to deliver another one into my hand.” | 1889 |