Rudyard Kipling Something of Myself and Other Autobiographical Writings

Rudyard Kipling's autobiography, Something of Myself, was the author's last work, but it has not received the serious attention it deserves. Thomas Pinney's edition of the work, supplemented by other autobiographical pieces, aims to change that. It gives an outline of the book's composition; the history of its publication; a text and a set of variants; and critical account of the book's design and its main themes. The annotations to the work (and to the supplementary pieces) identify references and allusions, and provide a biographical context against which Kipling's selections, omissions, and distortions may be clearly seen. The extent to which Kipling's description of his life failed to match what actually happened is extraordinary. This carefully prepared edition sheds new light on Kipling as a man and writer. Rudyard Kipling's autobiography, Something of Myself, was the author's last work, but it has not received the serious attention it deserves. Thomas Pinney's edition of the work, supplemented by other autobiographical pieces, aims to change that. It gives an outline of the book's composition; the history of its publication; a text and a set of variants; and critical account of the book's design and its main themes. The annotations to the work (and to the supplementary pieces) identify references and allusions, and provide a biographical context against which Kipling's selections, omissions, and distortions may be clearly seen. The extent to which Kipling's description of his life failed to match what actually happened is extraordinary. This carefully prepared edition sheds new light on Kipling as a man and writer.Kipling, Rudyard is the author of 'Rudyard Kipling Something of Myself and Other Autobiographical Writings', published 1991 under ISBN 9780521405843 and ISBN 052140584X.