"enthusiasms" - 1 õppematerjal

Rudyard Kipling

But he never quite succeeded in finding a country that lived up to his expectations. After The U.S , South Africa became the next land he felt able to transfer his affections to. The Boer war had just begun, and Kipling, never a man to shirk his imperial responsibilities, threw himself whole heartedly into the fray. He enthusiastically supported the British claim to the territory, and proclaimed that the Dutch settlers must be subdued. At this point in Kipling's career, the political enthusiasms/ obsessions that would contribute greatly to his falling out of favour with the British Public began to become prominent themes in his work. Kipling lived outside Capetown from 1900-08, and during that period again produced a great deal of work, much of it far more `Imperialist ` than anything he had written before. During this time the public's love affair with Kipling ended, a trend that was hastened by the increasing harshness of his views