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Puck of Pook's Hill Rudyard Kipling

Puck of Pook's Hill By Rudyard Kipling

Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling


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Summary

The stories of Una and Dan who accidentally summon Puck to a fairy ring and, through him, are witnesses to tales of English history. This edition includes an introduction which dispels the myth that these stories are a nostalgic view of English history, and relates them to Kipling's other work.

Puck of Pook's Hill Summary

Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling

"Puck of Pook's Hill and Rewards and Fairies" tell the tale of how Una and Dan, performing a scene from "A Midsummer Night's Dream", accidentally summon Puck to a fairy ring near their Sussex home. Through Puck, the children are witnesses to tales of English History. Kipling's historical imagination extends to a variety of stories, many of which blend the ghostly and the farmiliar, and often anticipate his later writing in their themes - a sense of loss and breakdown, but also healing. First published in magazines between 1906 and 1910, the stories were accompanied by some of Kipling's most famous poems, including "If" and "The Way Through The Woods". This edition includes an introduction which dispels the myth that these stories are just a nostalgic look at English history, discusses their relationship to other historical fiction, and relates them to Kipling's earlier and later writings.

Table of Contents

Note on the text; a chronnology of Rudyard Kipling; "Puck of Pook's Hill"; "Rewards and Fairies"; Kipling's revisions; explanatory notes.

Additional information

GOR002637565
9780192825759
0192825755
Puck of Pook's Hill by Rudyard Kipling
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Oxford University Press
1993-04-01
452
N/A
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