What is so great about him /lit/?

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What is so great about him /lit/? 2016-02-01 18:32:45 Post No. 7649471
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What is so great about him /lit/? Anonymous 2016-02-01 18:32:45 Post No. 7649471 [Report]

"Kipling strikes me personally as the most complete man of genius (as distinct from fine intelligence) that I have ever known." - Henry James

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Anonymous 2016-02-01 18:36:21 Post No.7649480
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Anonymous 2016-02-01 18:36:21 Post No.7649480 [Report]

Kipling, Rudyard. A favorite between the ages of 10 and 15, and thereafter. Read complete works between 14 and 15. Nobody takes his utilitarian moralism seriously. A genius.
The Jungle Book. Incomparable prose artistry. The supreme masterpiece of 19th-century literature. - Nabokov

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Anonymous 2016-02-01 18:44:48 Post No.7649497
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Anonymous 2016-02-01 18:44:48 Post No.7649497 [Report]

The actual quotation, as far as I can find - Kipling, Rudyard. A favorite between the ages of 8 and 14. Essentially a writer for very young people. Romantic in the large sense.

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Anonymous 2016-02-01 19:04:38 Post No.7649560
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Anonymous 2016-02-01 19:04:38 Post No.7649560 [Report]

Read Plain Tales. You'll understand.

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Anonymous 2016-02-01 19:06:51 Post No.7649565
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Anonymous 2016-02-01 19:06:51 Post No.7649565 [Report]

I'm trying to explore more poetry so I'm going to check out one of his collections from my library