Rudyard Kipling: Difference between revisions

Despite changes in racial attitudes and literary standards for poetry, Kipling's poetry continues to be popular with those who see it as "vigorous and adept" rather than "jingling". Even [[T. S. Eliot]], a very different poet, edited ''[[A Choice of Kipling's Verse]]'' (1943), although in doing so he commented that "[Kipling] could write poetry on occasions—even if only by accident!" Kipling's stories for adults also remain in print and have garnered high praise from writers as different as [[Poul Anderson]], [[Jorge Luis Borges]], and [[George Orwell]]. Nonetheless, Kipling is most highly regarded for his children's books. His ''Jungle Books'' have been made into several movies; the [[Jungle Book (1942 film)|first]] was made by producer [[Alexander Korda]], and others by the [[Walt Disney Company]].  A number of his poems were set to music by [[Percy Grainger]]. A series of short films based on some of his stories was broadcast by the BBC in 1964<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298668/</ref>.