Husain, Syed Sajjad; [Kipling, Rudyard] [Rudyard] Kipling and India. An Inquiry into the nature and extent of Kipling's knowledge of the Indian Sub-Continent. Published by The University of Dacca, East Pakistan, 1964. First Edition
Hard Cover. Quarto. 181pp. In publisher's purple cloth boards. Condition: Very Good. Water damage to boards, but may just be a manufacturing issue. Overall Very Good internally with one or two marks to pages. Dust jacket Good: sunned. ** A study on the Indian-born author, Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936). AUTHOR Syed Sajjad Husain (1920 - 1995) was a Pakistani-Bangladeshi academic and writer, who campaigned against the separation of East Pakistan into an independent state, and was imprisoned by the Bangladeshi authorities when Bangladesh won its independence. ** This work goes into detail about the sources of Kipling's knowledge about India, the geographical and cultural background of Kipling's India, and how Kipling characterized the relations between the British empire and the Indian people. Scarce. OCLC 5760126.

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