tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post7442120538637965127..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Kipling by Sandra HornKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-83978068023705340012013-12-21T11:56:17.554+00:002013-12-21T11:56:17.554+00:00"If" is only derided because it's ov..."If" is only derided because it's overplayed, like James Blunt. It wasn't cliche at the time, of course. And it's often misinterpreted. It's not a set of rules for being "a man". It's a set of impossible ideals that one can nevertheless aspire to, and magnificently fail at.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-11040903429517309592013-12-21T10:30:27.934+00:002013-12-21T10:30:27.934+00:00He wrote the best ever loss-of-dog poems. And I do...He wrote the best ever loss-of-dog poems. And I don't care if it is clichéd, I still love Ifmadwippitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02595748471651052552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-42529752115920455532013-12-21T09:42:21.365+00:002013-12-21T09:42:21.365+00:00Indeed, Kipling is still unfairly derided. After a...Indeed, Kipling is still unfairly derided. After all, he was a man of his time. Future generations may think we're a bit weird too. But he was a consummate storyteller and poet who I still enjoy. I agree about Batemans though: all that dark wood panelling in every room does instil a sort of gloomy foreboding.Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-35511164956708252532013-12-21T08:43:33.262+00:002013-12-21T08:43:33.262+00:00He does write exceedingly good poems.
This one re...He does write exceedingly good poems.<br /><br />This one reminds me of Hardy's The Oxen. Similarly evocative.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-91032018392961453442013-12-20T21:26:45.920+00:002013-12-20T21:26:45.920+00:00I think Kipling's a really interesting writer ...I think Kipling's a really interesting writer as well as complex personality for whom I feel great pity (if that's not condescending.) Jeremy Paxman read that poem on Radio three this evening -sentimental, maybe but touching toojulia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09773900100240758504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-9185720810993578022013-12-20T12:42:43.029+00:002013-12-20T12:42:43.029+00:00Kipling was a contemporary of S.R.Crockett so I...Kipling was a contemporary of S.R.Crockett so I've been seeing something of him round and about over the last year. Maybe when The Galloway Collection comes out I can point you in the direction of the Kiplinesque in Crockett. Something new from something old. Can't be bad. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11560950216274845157noreply@blogger.com