tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post1110363885434104847..comments2024-03-26T01:21:57.869+00:00Comments on Supernatural Tales: For National Poetry Dayvaldemarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03829872956512652469noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post-62887535153283113372012-10-06T08:05:34.267+00:002012-10-06T08:05:34.267+00:00His admirers have tended to emphasise his upbeat, ...His admirers have tended to emphasise his upbeat, patriotic and sometimes jingoistic stuff. Not always, but often enough to get Kipling dispraised by people on the left. Orwell wrote interestingly about this a long time ago, so I don't claim to be original. A lot of his stories and poems seem - under a veneer of confidence - to reflect a very bleak view of life. But it's Kipling the poet of empire who tends to be remembered. 'If', and all that.valdemarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03829872956512652469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post-20843429204106621612012-10-06T06:10:07.488+00:002012-10-06T06:10:07.488+00:00"I often wonder if Kipling has been done a gr..."I often wonder if Kipling has been done a grave disservice by his admirers as well as his detractors."<br /><br />This is interesting. In what way?Oscar Solishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05266668061798353541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post-22497217806782811832012-10-05T15:12:14.658+00:002012-10-05T15:12:14.658+00:00That is a marvellous poem. Not at all what one exp...That is a marvellous poem. Not at all what one expects from KiplingSamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09961530646616559916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post-52110471171388740962012-10-04T21:56:07.730+00:002012-10-04T21:56:07.730+00:00I often wonder if Kipling has been done a grave di...I often wonder if Kipling has been done a grave disservice by his admirers as well as his detractors. valdemarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03829872956512652469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3173887948269031901.post-38062453394886160532012-10-04T20:30:33.595+00:002012-10-04T20:30:33.595+00:00What a wonderful poem. Only recently have I starte...What a wonderful poem. Only recently have I started to read Kipling's work so that one was new to me.<br /><br />It's a perfect poem for the Hallowe'en season.<br /><br />Thanks.Oscar Solishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05266668061798353541noreply@blogger.com