Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s epic poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, is a cornerstone of the English Romantic movement. First published in 1798, it tells the haunting story of a sailor’s supernatural ordeal at sea. The poem begins abruptly, with an old mariner stopping a young man on his way to a wedding. The Wedding-Guest is captivated by the mariner’s
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Recommended Reading & Resources
For further exploration of Samuel Taylor Coleridge and related topics, here are some excellent resources:
- Mariner: A Voyage with Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Coleridge: Early Visions, 1772-1804
- The Life of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: A Critical Biography (Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies)
- Coleridge’s Poetry and Prose: Authoritative Texts, Criticism (Norton Critical Editions)
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Norton Library, N696)
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- The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Illustrated Edition): Poetry, Plays, Literary Essays, Lectures, Autobiography & Letters
- Biographia Literaria: The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Biographical Sketches of my Literary Life & Opinions
- English Romantic Poetry: An Anthology (Dover Thrift Editions)
- The Complete Works Of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: The Friend, With The Author’s Last Corrections And An Appendix, And With A Synoptical Table Of The Contents Of The Work, By H.n. Coleridge
- The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Poetry, Plays, Literary Essays, Lectures, Autobiography and Letters (Classic Illustrated Edition): Rime to Lectures
- The Complete Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Poetry, Plays, Literary Essays, Lectures, Autobiography and Letters (Classic Illustrated Edition): Enriched edition.
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