num_pages: 208
description: A broad but intensive study of Coleridge's (1772-2834) short poem in which Fleissner (Central State U.) finds inspirations for its content, structure, and imagery. He provides the text to begin with, then juxtaposes it against other poems and works of literature. Among this topics are whether the daemon lover in the poem is rally a tutelary agent, From Tartary to Abyssinia, The Tempest , remasquing Poe's red death, Elizabeth Bowen's demon lover, Orson Welles' movies, drugs and Oz, and recapturing the dream vision. The text is double spaced. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Sources, Meaning and Influences of Coleridge's Kubla Khan: Xanadu Re-Routed
titlecomplete: Sources, Meaning and Influences of Coleridge's Kubla Khan: Xanadu Re-Routed (Studies in British Literature)
publisher: Edwin Mellen Pr