The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Couverture rigide

Coleridge, Samuel

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1606600281 ISBN 13 : 9781606600283

Editeur : Dover Publications Inc., 2015

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere) is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, written in 1797–98 and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads. Modern editions use a revised version printed in 1817 that featured a gloss. Along with other poems in Lyrical Ballads, it was a signal shift to modern poetry and the beginning of British Romantic literature. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner relates the experiences of a sailor who has returned from a long sea voyage. The Mariner stops a man who is on the way to a wedding ceremony and begins to narrate a story. The Wedding-Guest's reaction turns from bemusement to impatience to fear to fascination as the Mariner's story progresses, as can be seen in the language style: Coleridge uses narrative techniques such as personification and repetition to create a sense of danger, the supernatural, or serenity, depending on the mood in different parts of the poem.

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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARINA WARNER AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY MERVYN PEAKE

'The greatest sea poem in the language' Jonathan Raban

Coleridge's celebrated poem was written at the suggestion of William Wordsworth in the early days of their friendship, and published for the first time in 1798. It is the story of a nightmare voyage to the South Pole told by the sole survivor, the bright-eyed ancient mariner whose wanton killing of an albatross, a bird of good omen, brought misfortune on the ship and all its crew.

The poem is brilliantly illustrated by Mervyn Peake. His powerful, arresting images perfectly express the qualities of the text, its gothic atmosphere and supernatural terrors, ultimately softened by pity and the hope of redemption.

COVER DESIGN BY HELEN LINDON, SUNDAY TIMES WATERCOLOUR COMPETITION PRIZE-WINNER

See also: Poems by William Blake

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Dover Publications Inc.
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1606600281
• ISBN 13: 9781606600283
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 192