In message <E10merL-0002WS-00@mailswitch>, [log in to unmask] writes
>Has any work been done on the range of Kipling's reading, apart from
>Horace and the Bible, by the way
Try Ann Weygandt's Kipling's Reading and its Influence on his Poetry,
(USA, 1939). [Not sure about exact biographical details.] It's very good
on the influence of American writers, and the similarites between some
of his poem's and English Folk Songs.
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Michael Catovsky
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