Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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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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c2004
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Coleridge combined the genius of a poet with the mind of a philosophical critic. His writings are wide-ranging in form and content, and vast in number. This eagerly awaited Norton Critical Edition is the most comprehensive and accessible student edition available and has been prepared to meet the needs of both students and scholars. The editors present Coleridge's writing in its historical context to indicate the public resonance of his work. The...