The book "The Cambridge Companion to Rudyard Kipling" — Говард Дж. БутThe Cambridge Companion to Rudyard Kipling. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is among the most popular, acclaimed and controversial of writers in English. His books have sold in great numbers, and he remains the youngest writer to have won the Nobel Prize for literature. Many associate Kipling with poems such as If-, his novel Kim, his pioneering use of the short story form and such works for children as the Just So Stories. For others, though, Kipling is the very symbol of the British Empire and a belligerent approach to other peoples and races. This Companion explores Kiplings main themes and texts, the different genres in which he worked and the various phases of his career. It also examines the afterlives of his texts in postcolonial writing and through adaptations of his work. With a chronology and guide to further reading, this book serves as a useful introduction for students of literature and of Empire and its after effects.
В 1907 году Киплинг становится первым англичанином, получившим Нобелевскую премию по литературе. В этом же году он удостаивается наград от университетов Парижа, Страсбурга, Афин и Торонто удостоен также почетных степеней Оксфордского, Кембриджского, Эдинбургского и Даремского университетов. Богатый язык произведений Киплинга, полный метафор, внёс большой вклад в сокровищницу английского языка. | 
