Cambridge Companion to Rudyard Kipling

Rudyard Kipling (1865–1936) is among the most popular, acclaimed and controversial of writers in English. His books have sold in great numbers, and he remains the youngest writer to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Many associate Kipling with poems such as ''If–'', his novel Kim, his pioneering use of the short story form and such works for children as the Just So Stories. For others, thoug...