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    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: With Introductory Excerpts by Mary E. Litchfield & Edward Everett Hale
    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: With Introductory Excerpts by Mary E. Litchfield & Edward Everett Hale
    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: With Introductory Excerpts by Mary E. Litchfield & Edward Everett Hale
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    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: With Introductory Excerpts by Mary E. Litchfield & Edward Everett Hale

    By Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Mary E. Litchfield and Edward Everett Hale

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    Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) was an English poet, theologian, literary critic, philosopher, and co-founder of the English Romantic Movement. He was also a member of the famous Lake Poets, together with William Wordsworth and Robert Southey. Coleridge had a significant influence on the the work of Ralph Waldo Emerson and American Transcendentalism in general, and also played an important role in bringing German idealist philosophy to the English-speaking world. One of Coleridge's most famous works, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” was written in 1798 and represents his longest major poetic work. It is generally considered to be a turning point signalling a shift towards modern poetry and the beginning of British Romantic literature. This wonderful poem is a classic of English literature and is not to be missed by lovers of Romantic poetry. Contents include: “Samuel Taylor Coleridge, by Mary E. Litchfield”, “The Ancient Mariner , by Edward Everett Hale”, “Argument of the Ancient Mariner, by Mary E. Litchfield”, “Part the First”, “Part the Second”, “Part the Third”, “Part the Fourth”, “Part the Fifth.”, etc. Ragged Hand is proud to be republishing this seminal poem now in a brand new edition complete with introductory excerpts by Mary E. Litchfield & Edward Everett Hale.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateMay 31, 2013
    ISBN9781473382329
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    Samuel Taylor Coleridge

    Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), English lyrical poet, critic, and philosopher, whose Lyrical Ballads (1798), written with William Wordsworth, started the English Romantic movement. He was born in Ottery St Mary where his father was the vicar, and he was at school with Charles Lamb and Leigh Hunt, and spent two years at Jesus College, Cambridge. He is best known for his poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, but his critical work, especially on Shakespeare was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English-speaking culture. He also suffered from poor physical health that may have stemmed from a bout of rheumatic fever and other childhood illnesses. He was treated for these concerns with laudanum, which fostered a lifelong opium addiction.

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    The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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    THE RIME

    OF THE

    ANCIENT MARINER

    By

    SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

    WITH

    INTRODUCTORY EXCERPTS

    BY MARY E. LITCHFIELD &

    EDWARD EVERETT HALE

    First published in 1798

    Copyright © 2021 Ragged Hand

    This edition is published by Ragged Hand,

    an imprint of Read & Co. 

    This book is copyright and may not be reproduced or copied in any

    way without the express permission of the publisher in writing.

    British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

    A catalogue record for this book is available

    from the British Library.

    Read & Co. is part of Read Books Ltd.

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    Contents

    SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE

    By Mary E. Litchfield

    THE ANCIENT MARINER

    By Edward Everett Hale

    ARGUMENT OF THE ANCIENT MARINER

    By Mary E. Litchfield

    PART THE FIRST

    PART THE SECOND

    PART THE THIRD

    PART THE FOURTH

    PART THE FIFTH

    PART THE SIXTH

    PART THE SEVENTH

    SAMUEL

    TAYLOR COLERIDGE

    By Mary E. Litchfield

    Coleridge was born in Ottery St. Mary, in Devonshire England, and spent his early years in the midst of a large family. His father, who was vicar of the town and master of the grammar school, died when the son was only nine years old. His character must, however, have impressed Coleridge deeply, for he said, in after years: The memory of my father—my reverend, kind, learned, simple-hearted father—is a religion to me. Soon after his father's death he left his happy home in the country to enter a school in London, known as Christ's Hospital. Charles Lamb, who was a schoolmate of his, has sketched the life there in two well-known essays. In one of them, Christ's Hospital Fifty Years Ago, he describes the summer holidays, so delightful for himself with his family near, and so dreary for the country boy with no friends in

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