Something of themselves : Kipling, Kingsley, Conan Doyle and the Anglo-Boer War / Sarah LeFanu.
Series: Oxford scholarship online: Publisher: London : Hurst & Company, 2020Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (black and white).Content type: text | still image | cartographic image Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780197536162 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 -- Travel -- South Africa | Kingsley, Mary Henrietta, 1862-1900 -- Travel -- South Africa | Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 -- Travel -- South Africa | Authors -- Biography | South African War, 1899-1902 -- InfluenceAdditional Physical Form: Print version : 9780197501443DDC classification: 820.935868048 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: In early 1900, the paths of three British writers - Rudyard Kipling, Mary Kingsley & Arthur Conan Doyle - crossed in South Africa, during what has become known as Britain's last imperial war. Each of the three had pressing personal reasons to leave England behind, but they were also motivated by notions of duty, service, patriotism &, in Kipling's case, jingoism. Sarah LeFanu compellingly opens an unexplored chapter of these writers' lives, at a turning point for Britain & its imperial ambitions. Was the South African War, as Kipling claimed, a dress rehearsal for the Armageddon of World War One? Or did it instead foreshadow the anti-colonial guerrilla wars of the later 20th century? Weaving a rich & varied narrative, LeFanu charts the writers' paths in the theatre of war, & explores how this crucial period shaped their cultural legacies, their shifting reputations, & their influence on colonial policy.| Item type | Current library | Class number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Also issued in print: 2020.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In early 1900, the paths of three British writers - Rudyard Kipling, Mary Kingsley & Arthur Conan Doyle - crossed in South Africa, during what has become known as Britain's last imperial war. Each of the three had pressing personal reasons to leave England behind, but they were also motivated by notions of duty, service, patriotism &, in Kipling's case, jingoism. Sarah LeFanu compellingly opens an unexplored chapter of these writers' lives, at a turning point for Britain & its imperial ambitions. Was the South African War, as Kipling claimed, a dress rehearsal for the Armageddon of World War One? Or did it instead foreshadow the anti-colonial guerrilla wars of the later 20th century? Weaving a rich & varied narrative, LeFanu charts the writers' paths in the theatre of war, & explores how this crucial period shaped their cultural legacies, their shifting reputations, & their influence on colonial policy.
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