Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

Emma Barnes (University of Salford)

Ed. by Dimitra Fimi, University of Glasgow
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.08: English Writing and Culture of the early Twentieth Century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: Chris Baldick (Goldsmiths College, University of London), Peter Childs (Birmingham Newman University), Louise McDonald (Birmingham Newman University), Andrew Radford (University of Glasgow)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1894

Places

India (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Children's Literature

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The Jungle Book

(1894) and

The Second Jungle Book

(1895) are collections of short stories together known as

The Jungle Books.

Initially published in children’s magazine

St Nicholas

from January 1894-1895

, The Jungle Books

are Rudyard Kipling’s first contribution to children’s literature and precede his other collections of short stories for children,

The Day’s Work

(1898) and

Just So Stories

(1902).

The Jungle Books

tell tales of wild animals such as seals in Antarctica, mongooses in India, and camels in Pakistan. These animal stories are interspersed amongst what is the most well-known of

The Jungle Books

stories: the sequence of tales about a young boy named Mowglim, and his adventures with jungle creatures in the Seeonee Hills of India. It is through the character of Mowgli and…

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Citation: Barnes, Emma. "The Jungle Book". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 11 April 2018 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=456, accessed 21 November 2024.]

Rudyard Kipling, The Jungle Book

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