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Oct 2012
10m 40s

Kipling, the Elton John of his age?

OXFORD UNIVERSITY
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Professor Elleke Boehmer discusses why Kipling's writing, and his poetry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in particular, launched him to international fame across the British Empire. By comparing him to contemporary popular figures such as Elton John and Paul McCartney, she offers insight into how Kipling's verse captured the popular imag ... Show More
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