Title: Rime of the ancient mariner
First published: 1836
Description: 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.
Subjects: Poetry, Illustrations, Animal welfare, Textual Criticism, Albatrosses, Seafaring life, English Sea poetry, Human-animal relationships, English poetry, History and criticism, Sea poetry, Older men, Specimens, Illustrated books, Children's, Penance, Sailors, The rime of the ancient mariner (Coleridge), Long Now Manual for Civilization, Criticism, interpretation, Ballads, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Antarctica, Fiction, general, Voyages and travels, Rime of the ancient mariner (Coleridge, Samuel Taylor), Ocean travel, Oeuvres, Poésie, Illustration, Rime of the ancient mariner, Classic Literature, Fiction, English Narrative poetry, Pictorial works, Criticism and interpretation, English literature, Study and teaching
Places: Antarctica, Great Britain, England
People: Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), Gustave Doré (1832-1883), Patrick Proctktor, Warren Hastings (1732-1818)
Time periods: 18th century