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From: Contemporary Review
Date: 20020601
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The Long Recessional: The Imperial Life of Rudyard Kipling. David Gilmour. John Murray. [pounds sterling]22.50. 351 pages. ISBN 0-7195-5539-6. Popularity in one era usually leads to detraction in the following and such is the case with Rudyard Kipling. As the great poet of the British Empire, Kipling has been lampooned by minimalist intellectuals in the post-Suez world. As Mr Gilmour argues, even his biographers have painted a confusing picture, seeking to present Kipling as if he were at heart a Blairite 'new Briton' in disguise. The author will have none of this. This biography ...

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