How the Just So Stories Were Made - The Brilliance Tragedy Behind Kiplings Celebrated Tales for Little

A fascinating, richly illustrated exploration of the poignant origins of Rudyard Kipling's world-famous children's classic

About the author

Formerly a Fellow of New College, Oxford, John Batchelor is an emeritus professor of Newcastle University. His previous books include The Edwardian Novelists and biographies of Joseph Conrad, John Ruskin, Pauline, Lady Trevelyan, and the great Victorian Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson.

Summary

A fascinating, richly illustrated exploration of the poignant origins of Rudyard Kipling’s world-famous children’s classic

Product details

• Authors: John Batchelor, John (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne Batchelor, John (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne) Batchelor, Batchelor John
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780300237184
• ISBN: 978-0-300-23718-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith; mersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Art, literature > Biographies, autobiographies; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, European History, LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's & Young Adult Literature, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), c 1800 to c 1900, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, 1837–1901 (Victorian period), Biography: writers, Children's & teenage literature studies, Children’s and teenage literature studies: general