Kipling

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), English poet and novelist; born in India and noted for his stories of that country and the British Empire

although he described Kipling as ‘the most complete man of genius ... I have ever known’ (in a letter to William James, 1892-02-06), Henry James remained in two minds about Kipling’s work from both artistic and moral points of view; James was impressed, however, by Kipling’s championing of the short story form