RUDYARD KIPLING

1865-1936


| Biographies | Reference Books | About the Family | Criticism |


Some biographies

Amis, Kingsley Rudyard Kipling Thames and Hudson 1975 (0-500-26019-2); Scribner 1975 (0-684-14550-2)
Birkenhead, Lord Rudyard Kipling Hutchinson 1978; Random House 1978 (0-394-50315-5)
Carrington, Charles Rudyard Kipling - His Life and Work Macmillan 1955
Fido, Martin Rudyard Kipling - An Illustrated Biography Hamlyn 1974 (0-600-50116-7); Viking 1974 (0-670-61026-7); P. Bedrick 1986 (0-87226-049-6)
Laski, Margharita From Palm to Pine - Rudyard Kipling Abroad and at Home Sidgwick and Jackson 1987 (0-283-99422-3); Facts on File (0-8160-1688-7)
Lycett, Andrew Rudyard Kipling Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1999 (0-297-81907-0)
Mason, Philip Kipling: The Glass, the Shadow, and the Fire Jonathan Cape 1975 (0-224-01128-6); Harper & Row 1975 (0-06-012833-X)
McAveeney, David Kipling in Gloucester, the writing of 'Captains Courageous' The Curious Traveller Press (Gloucester Mass.) 1996 (0-9625660-4-7)
Pinney, Thomas (ed.) Something of Myself and other Autobiographical Writings Cambridge 1990 (0-521-35515-X), paper 1991 (0-521-40584-X)
Ricketts, Harry The Unforgiving Minute, A Life of Rudyard Kipling Chatto and Windus 1999
Seymour-Smith, Martin Rudyard Kipling Queen Anne Press 1989 (0-356-15852-7)
Shanks, Edward Rudyard Kipling, a Study in Literature and Political Ideas MacMillan 1940; Cooper Square 1971 (0-8154-0344-5)
Thurston Hopkins, R Rudyard Kipling - The Story of a Genius Palmer 1930
Wilson, Angus The Strange Ride of Rudyard Kipling Secker and Warburg 1977 (0-435-57516-7); Viking Penguin 1978 (0-670-67701-9), paper 1979 (0-14-005122-8)

Reference Books

Orel, H A Kipling Chronology Macmillan 1990 (0-8161-9090-9)
Page, N A Kipling Companion Macmillan 1984
Young, WA &
McGivering, J
A Kipling Dictionary Macmillan 1967


Books about the Family

Ankers, A.R. The Pater Pond View Books 1988; St Mut 1988 (1-871044-00-6)
Baldwin, A.W. The Macdonald Sisters Peter Davies 1960
Fitzgerald, P. Edward Burne-Jones Hamish Hamilton 1975; Joseph 1975 (0-7181-1367-5); ; Viking Penguin 1990 (0-241-12811-0); Intl Pubs Mktg 1997 (0-7509-1562-5)
Holt, Tonie and Valmai My Boy Jack? The Search for Kipling's Only Son Leo Cooper 1998 (0-85052-407-5)
Taylor, I. Victorian Sisters Adler 1987 (0-917561-34-1)
Thirkell, A. Three Houses OUP 1931; Salem House 1987 (0-86072-103-5); Moyer Bell 1998 (1-55921-215-2)


Criticism

Bodelsen, C.A. Aspects of Kipling's Art Manchester UP 1964
Dobree, B. Rudyard Kipling - Realist and Fabulist OUP 1967
Green, R.L. (Ed.) Kipling, The Critical Heritage R.K.P. 1971; Barnes & Noble 1971 (0-389-04081-9)
Kemp, Sandra Kipling's Hidden Narratives Basil Blackwell 1988 (0-631-15577-5)
Tomkins, J.M.S. The Art of Rudyard Kipling Gollancz 1959