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Barrack Room Ballads
First collected in 1892, Kipling's "Barrack-Room Ballads" relive the experiences of soldiers sent around the world to defend the Empire-all for little pay and less appreciation. An immediate success, they were unlike anything the public had seen before.
Paperback, 84 pages
Published
May 8th 2008
by Book Jungle
(first published 1899)
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Rudyard Kipling is, I think, someone we think we should like only at arm’s length, through filters, with a snowstorm of disclaimers attached, using every if and but and apologising in advance with bells & whistles & hooters that yes he had some unacceptable opinions and used at least one unacceptable word fairly frequently, he was a man of his times, but, he was still, if you can squint your eyes, and in a certain light, and with the wind in the right direction, be considered a great poet. There...more
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Kipling Gets It.
Some very moving ballads in here, and a few laughs amongst the sad ones too. Although this collection was written decades ago, they still strike a chord with anybody with any military experience at all.
This is a book to keep on one's bookshelf to dip in and out of whenever the mood takes.
This is a book to keep on one's bookshelf to dip in and out of whenever the mood takes.
Probably the most impressive collection of poems glorifying (sometimes rightfully, sometimes not quite so) the colonial policy and foreign troops. Most likely, quite a few political/military figures escaped the historical obscurity only because of their place in Kipling's ballads.
There's some fun in here for sure, but I got a bit bogged down in the classical references and rapidly tired of the martial themes. 'course Kipling is all about martial themes so go figure.
I have read Danny Deevers from this selection and enjoyed it...
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