CRITICISM

Binyon, T. J. “Kipling, The Blush-Making Prophet.” Times Literary Supplement (5 June 1987): 608-09.

Provides a brief overview of Kipling's life and career.

Bloom, Harold, ed. Rudyard Kipling. New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1987, 159 p.

Collection of critical essays on Kipling's work.

Bratton, J. S. “Race, Dominion and Power.” Times Educational Supplement (20 February 1987): 25.

Mixed reviews of recent reissues of Kipling's short fiction.

Engen, Rodney. “Forever Children.” Times Educational Supplement (24 December 1993): 20.

Provides a mixed assessment of the illustrated versions of The Jungle Book and The Complete Just So Stories.

Kerr, Douglas. “Three Ways of Going Wrong: Kipling, Conrad, Coetzee.” Modern Language Review 95, no. 1 (January 2000): 18-27.

Explores Kipling's treatment of authority and nonconformity in his colonial stories.

Paffard, Mark. “Early Stages.” In Kipling's Indian Fiction, pp. 31-55. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1989.

Traces Kipling's early development as a short story writer in Anglo-India.

Perrin, Noel. “Kipling, Now and Then.” American Scholar 67, no. 3 (summer 1998): 136-40.

Reflects upon the personal impact of Kipling's short stories and praises his contribution to literature.

Additional coverage of Kipling's life and career is contained in the following sources published by the Gale Group: Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vol. 32; Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults, Vol. 4; British Writers, Vol. 6; Children's Literature Review, Vols. 39, 65; Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, 1890-1914; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 105, 120; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vol. 33; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 19, 34, 141, 156; DISCovering Authors; DISCovering Authors: British Edition; DISCovering Authors: Canadian Edition; DISCovering Authors Modules: Most-studied Authors, and Poets; DISCovering Authors 3.0; Exploring Short Stories; Literature and Its Times, Vol. 3; Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults, Ed. 1; Major 20th-Century Writers, Eds. 1, 2; Poetry Criticism, Vol. 3; Reference Guide to English Literature, Ed. 2; Reference Guide to Short Fiction, Ed. 2; St. James Guide to Children's Writers, Vol. 5; St. James Guide to Fantasy Writers; St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers, Ed. 4; Short Stories for Students, Vol. 8; Something About the Author, Vol. 100; Supernatural Fiction Writers Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Vols. 8, 17; World Literature and Its Times, Vol. 4; World Literature Criticism; Writers for Children; and Yesterday's Authors of Books for Children, Vol. 2.