The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Paperback/Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Descriere
A sailor dooms his ship's crew by murdering an albatross and is lost at sea, alone with the burden of his guilt, until a meeting with divine messengers brings him the opportunity to do penance. Samuel Taylor Coleridge's (1772-1834) haunting parable of sin and absolution, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, is widely recognized as one of the greatest narrative poems in the English language and was a defining achievement in the establishment of the Romantic Movement. Coleridge's text is presented here alongside the classic illustrations of Gustave Dor (1832-1883), the great French engraver famous for his illustrations of Dante's Inferno, Milton's Paradise Lost, and the Bible. His imaginative and detailed illustrations are a beautiful and evocative visual compliment to this unique masterpiece of English literature.
Despre autor
Samuel Taylor Coleridge a fost un poet, critic literar și filozof englez, care a pus bazele, alături de prietenul său William Wordsworth, mișcării romantice în Anglia, fiind de asemenea unul dintre „Lake Poets”. Este cunoscut în primul rând pentru poemele sale „The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” și „Kubla Khan”, precum și pentru opera sa majoră în proză „Biographia Literaria”.
