The Complete Mowgli Stories Duly Annotated Bapton Books Annotated Classics Book 1 edition by Rudyard Kipling GMW Wemyss Markham Shaw Pyle Literature Fiction eBooks
Download As PDF : The Complete Mowgli Stories Duly Annotated Bapton Books Annotated Classics Book 1 edition by Rudyard Kipling GMW Wemyss Markham Shaw Pyle Literature Fiction eBooks 
With
More than 350 annotations;
Three prefatory essays;
Every literary allusion, plant, and animal identified, with their cultural and religious connotations set out;
All the references that Victorian and Edwardian readers should have had to heart; and
Literary cross-references to later works influenced by Kipling
This is the critical, annotated edition of the Jungle Book stories in which Mowgli appears.
Rudyard Kipling’s tales of Mowgli are not for children only. They have shaped the English language and the British (and American) psyche. The stories that concern Mowgli’s adventures have been collected, placed in their internal chronological order, and annotated in this volume by the historians GMW Wemyss and Markham Shaw Pyle. Prefatory essays and over three hundred and fifty footnotes accompany the text, delving into history, geography, ethnology, Imperial politics, and much else beside. If you wish to enjoy these tales with deeper understanding; if you wonder what Buldeo has to do with Mr Sherlock Holmes’ antagonist Dr Roylott; if you have ever wondered just why a Gond hunter reminds you of the frontman of Jethro Tull; or if you simply want a cracking good read of stories you but half-remember here is your book.
The Complete Mowgli Stories Duly Annotated Bapton Books Annotated Classics Book 1 edition by Rudyard Kipling GMW Wemyss Markham Shaw Pyle Literature Fiction eBooks
That's because the movies mostly either Disneyfied the stories into kids' films or turned Mowgli into yet another Tarzan while the Jungle Books left out the final Mowgli story "In the Rukh", a story of Mowgli as a grown man. Interestingly, though chronologically the last Mowgli story, "In the Rukh" was the earliest written; the later written but chronologically earlier stories tell how Mowgli got to that point. The Mowgli stories in the Jungle Books end with Mowgli driving Mowgli out of the Jungle and back to Man in order to seek out his place in Man's World; "In the Rukh" tells how Mowgli finally found his place, and IMHO is absolutely vital to a true understanding of the character and the stories, since all the rest were written in order to explain how Mowgli ended up "In the Rukh".The stories are helpfully arranged by internal chronology:
MOWGLI'S BROTHERS, Part 1 (Mowgli's origin)
KAA'S HUNTING (Contrary to movies, Mowgli makes a great friend; 2nd best story)
HOW FEAR CAME (Arguably a prototype for the Just So stories)
MOWGLI'S BROTHERS, Part 2 (Mowgli is cast out of the Seeonee wolf pack)
"TIGER! TIGER!" (Mowgli and Shere Khan finally have it out)
LETTING IN THE JUNGLE (Villagers attack his adoptive human mother; Mowgli responds)
THE KING'S ANKUS (Jungle detective work reveals a tale of man's greed)
RED DOG (Mowgli vows to help Seeonee Pack fight off red dogs; best story)
THE SPRING RUNNING (Mowgli casts himself out; unsatisfying end to Mowgli's saga)
The Only Son
IN THE RUKH (Mowgli finds his place; satisfying end to Mowgli's saga)
Note: In addition to 350 very useful footnotes, the purpose of which is "to make familiar to a new generation all the things that were understood as a matter of course by the Victorian and Edwardian reader--and some that weren't", this edition contains three prefatory essays:
Kipling and the Kaiser (Which reveals that the infamous Bandar-Log are a parody of Wilhemine Germans, not native Indians)
Mr. Pyle on Dry-Land Farming (Which reveals that the Jungle of the stories is more dry-land forest than rain forest)
Mothers' Sons and Motherlands (Which reveals that Kipling was a tribalist rather than a racist, he judged men by the kind of work they did, rather than what race they were)
Note: For some reason this annotated edition lacks all of the accompanying poems except "The Only Son". To read these:
Road-Song of the Bandar-Log
The Law of the Jungle
Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack
Mowgli's Song
Mowgli's Song Against People
The Song of the Little Hunter
Chil's Song
The Outsong
you must seek out an edition of All the Mowgli Stories, most editions of which also include a helpful pronunciation guide at the very end.
Note: A couple of modern authors have attempted to add Mowgli stories to the canon with widely diverging degrees of success: from the sublime The Third Jungle Book to the ridiculous Hunting Mowgli.
Note: Mark L. Miller and Zenescope Entertainment are currently producing a graphic novel reinvention of the Mowgli saga with the intriguing premise what if FOUR young children instead of one young child were lost in the jungle and raised by four different groups of animals? Three paperback compilations of the comic are available so far: Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: The Jungle Book,Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: The Jungle Book: Last of the Species, and Grimm Fairy Tales Presents: The Jungle Book: Fall of the Wild.
Product details
|
Tags : The Complete Mowgli Stories, Duly Annotated (Bapton Books Annotated Classics Book 1) - Kindle edition by Rudyard Kipling, GMW Wemyss, Markham Shaw Pyle. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading The Complete Mowgli Stories, Duly Annotated (Bapton Books Annotated Classics Book 1).,ebook,Rudyard Kipling, GMW Wemyss, Markham Shaw Pyle,The Complete Mowgli Stories, Duly Annotated (Bapton Books Annotated Classics Book 1),Bapton Books,JUVENILE FICTION Classics,FICTION Classics
People also read other books :
- Shadows of a Fallen World Micki Magee Books
- Ballyhoo and Mom Other Tigers Jim Genzano Steven Genzano 9781520528472 Books
- Eat That Frog Snapshots Edition eBook Brian Tracy
- Crystal Jake Eden series Book 2 edition by Georgia Le Carre Lori Heaford Nicola Rhead Romance eBooks
- Manalive G K Chesterton Catholic Way Publishing 9781783790784 Books
The Complete Mowgli Stories Duly Annotated Bapton Books Annotated Classics Book 1 edition by Rudyard Kipling GMW Wemyss Markham Shaw Pyle Literature Fiction eBooks Reviews
Classic Kipling tale of orphaned baby boy being raised in the jungle. Baloo the bear trains him and his allies include a python, wolves and a black panther. The tiger Sheer Khan plots to kill him and they eventually have it out.
Haven't seen the Disney film or others in years, but reading this makes me remember pieces of it. Some interesting differences, such as the snake being a formidable ally instead of enemy. The boy's jungle education doesn't prevent him from being a callow and egotistical teenager, who sees himself as king of the jungle.
Very entertaining set of stories, and in this e-book there are hundreds of hyperlinked footnotes adding enjoyment to the experience.
I have been a fan of the complete Mowgli stories since I was a child and my brother had a very old and falling apart book. I love this particular edition because of all the background information given about Kipling and his writing of the story. this particular e-book should be on the of everyone with a love of classic literature. I wish these writers would do more books like this one....hint, hint, hint....Kim???
That's because the movies mostly either Disneyfied the stories into kids' films or turned Mowgli into yet another Tarzan while the Jungle Books left out the final Mowgli story "In the Rukh", a story of Mowgli as a grown man. Interestingly, though chronologically the last Mowgli story, "In the Rukh" was the earliest written; the later written but chronologically earlier stories tell how Mowgli got to that point. The Mowgli stories in the Jungle Books end with Mowgli driving Mowgli out of the Jungle and back to Man in order to seek out his place in Man's World; "In the Rukh" tells how Mowgli finally found his place, and IMHO is absolutely vital to a true understanding of the character and the stories, since all the rest were written in order to explain how Mowgli ended up "In the Rukh".
The stories are helpfully arranged by internal chronology
MOWGLI'S BROTHERS, Part 1 (Mowgli's origin)
KAA'S HUNTING (Contrary to movies, Mowgli makes a great friend; 2nd best story)
HOW FEAR CAME (Arguably a prototype for the Just So stories)
MOWGLI'S BROTHERS, Part 2 (Mowgli is cast out of the Seeonee wolf pack)
"TIGER! TIGER!" (Mowgli and Shere Khan finally have it out)
LETTING IN THE JUNGLE (Villagers attack his adoptive human mother; Mowgli responds)
THE KING'S ANKUS (Jungle detective work reveals a tale of man's greed)
RED DOG (Mowgli vows to help Seeonee Pack fight off red dogs; best story)
THE SPRING RUNNING (Mowgli casts himself out; unsatisfying end to Mowgli's saga)
The Only Son
IN THE RUKH (Mowgli finds his place; satisfying end to Mowgli's saga)
Note In addition to 350 very useful footnotes, the purpose of which is "to make familiar to a new generation all the things that were understood as a matter of course by the Victorian and Edwardian reader--and some that weren't", this edition contains three prefatory essays
Kipling and the Kaiser (Which reveals that the infamous Bandar-Log are a parody of Wilhemine Germans, not native Indians)
Mr. Pyle on Dry-Land Farming (Which reveals that the Jungle of the stories is more dry-land forest than rain forest)
Mothers' Sons and Motherlands (Which reveals that Kipling was a tribalist rather than a racist, he judged men by the kind of work they did, rather than what race they were)
Note For some reason this annotated edition lacks all of the accompanying poems except "The Only Son". To read these
Road-Song of the Bandar-Log
The Law of the Jungle
Hunting-Song of the Seeonee Pack
Mowgli's Song
Mowgli's Song Against People
The Song of the Little Hunter
Chil's Song
The Outsong
you must seek out an edition of All the Mowgli Stories, most editions of which also include a helpful pronunciation guide at the very end.
Note A couple of modern authors have attempted to add Mowgli stories to the canon with widely diverging degrees of success from the sublime The Third Jungle Book to the ridiculous Hunting Mowgli.
Note Mark L. Miller and Zenescope Entertainment are currently producing a graphic novel reinvention of the Mowgli saga with the intriguing premise what if FOUR young children instead of one young child were lost in the jungle and raised by four different groups of animals? Three paperback compilations of the comic are available so far Grimm Fairy Tales Presents The Jungle Book,Grimm Fairy Tales Presents The Jungle Book Last of the Species, and Grimm Fairy Tales Presents The Jungle Book Fall of the Wild.
0 Response to "⋙ Read Free The Complete Mowgli Stories Duly Annotated Bapton Books Annotated Classics Book 1 edition by Rudyard Kipling GMW Wemyss Markham Shaw Pyle Literature Fiction eBooks"
Post a Comment