| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 224 pages) : illustrations (black and white), maps, portraits |
| Contents |
How the whale got his throat -- How the camel got his hump -- How the rhinoceros got his skin -- How the leopard got his spots -- The elephant's child -- The sing-song of Old Man Kangaroo -- The beginning of the armadilloes -- How the first letter was written -- How the alphabet was made -- The crab that played with the sea -- The cat that walked by himself -- The butterfly that stamped -- The Tabu Tale and Ham and the Porcupine -- Epilogue |
| Summary |
From "How the Leopard Got Its Spots" to "The Elephant's Child," Rudyard Kipling's Just So Stories have delighted readers across the world for more than a century. In this original study, John Batchelor explores the artistry with which Kipling created the Just So Stories, using each tale as an entry point into the writer's life and work, including the tragedy that shadows much of the volume, the death of his daughter Josephine. Batchelor details the playful challenges the stories made to contemporary society. In his stories, Kipling played with biblical and other stories of creation, and imagined fantastical tales of animals' development and man's discovery of literacy. Richly illustrated with original drawings and family photographs, this account reveals Kipling's public and private lives, and sheds new light on a much-loved and tremendously influential classic.-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Formerly a Fellow of New College, Oxford, John Batchelor is an emeritus professor of Newcastle University |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936. Just so stories.
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| SUBJECT |
Just so stories (Kipling, Rudyard) fast |
| Subject |
Authors, English -- 20th century.
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Children's stories, English -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM / Children's Literature
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Children's stories, English
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Authors, English
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| Genre/Form |
Literary criticism
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Literary criticism.
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Critiques littéraires.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780300258257 |
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0300258259 |
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