The rime of the ancient mariner

complete, authoritative texts of the 1798 and 1817 versions with biographical and historical contexts, critical history, and essays from contemporary critical perspectives

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The rime of the ancient mariner (1999, Bedford/St. Martin's)

358 pages

English language

Published Aug. 26, 1999 by Bedford/St. Martin's.

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978-0-312-11223-3
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A mariner stops a man on his way to a wedding. The mariner then relates to the man all the events of a long sea voyage, arousing in his listener feeling of impatience, fear, fascination and bemusement.The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was published in the collection Lyrical Ballads (1798), which contributed significantly to the advent of modern poetry and the beginnings of British Romance literature.

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Subjects

  • Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
  • Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834. -- Criticism, Textual
  • Sea poetry, English -- History and criticism
  • Sea poetry, English -- Criticism, Textual
  • Human-animal relationships -- Poetry
  • Animal welfare -- Poetry
  • Seafaring life -- Poetry
  • Albatrosses -- Poetry