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The rime of the ancient mariner : complete, authoritative texts of the 1798 and
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Adult Nonfiction 821.7 C678
From Publishers' Weekly:
"It is an ancient Mariner, and he stoppeth one of thee...." Although these ominous lines perennially instill fear of final exams and term papers in the minds of high school students and Romantic English majors, they're not often remembered by adults. Mason's reading of Coleridge's 1796 epic poem is at once hypnotic and stirring. The Academy Award-nominated actor reads the chilling tale involving clashes with sea monsters, a boat swarming with zombies and a dice game with Death in an authoritative English accent. Like the ocean surrounding the Mariner's ship, his voice ebbs and flows with the imaginative poem's various heights. He quickly rattles off, "water, water, every where, and all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink" but gently whispers "And I had done an hellish thing, and it would work `em woe: For all averred, I had killed the bird that made the breeze to blow." Coleridge (1772-1834), uses words to make the fantastical believable, and here, Mason brings those words vividly to life. A bonus track features Mason's animated reading of The Hunting of the Snark, an eight-canto poem by Lewis Carroll. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
From Library Journal:
Poet and artist Jones believed The Rime of the Ancient Mariner to be the pinnacle of English literature. In homage to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, he made ten copper engravings for a limited edition that wowed critics. This reproduces that highly expensive and rare volume for a better price; it includes info on Jones and discussions of each engraving. More for the academics. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Adult Nonfiction 821.7 C678
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From Publishers' Weekly:
"It is an ancient Mariner, and he stoppeth one of thee...." Although these ominous lines perennially instill fear of final exams and term papers in the minds of high school students and Romantic English majors, they're not often remembered by adults. Mason's reading of Coleridge's 1796 epic poem is at once hypnotic and stirring. The Academy Award-nominated actor reads the chilling tale involving clashes with sea monsters, a boat swarming with zombies and a dice game with Death in an authoritative English accent. Like the ocean surrounding the Mariner's ship, his voice ebbs and flows with the imaginative poem's various heights. He quickly rattles off, "water, water, every where, and all the boards did shrink; Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink" but gently whispers "And I had done an hellish thing, and it would work `em woe: For all averred, I had killed the bird that made the breeze to blow." Coleridge (1772-1834), uses words to make the fantastical believable, and here, Mason brings those words vividly to life. A bonus track features Mason's animated reading of The Hunting of the Snark, an eight-canto poem by Lewis Carroll. (Feb.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
From Library Journal:
Poet and artist Jones believed The Rime of the Ancient Mariner to be the pinnacle of English literature. In homage to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, he made ten copper engravings for a limited edition that wowed critics. This reproduces that highly expensive and rare volume for a better price; it includes info on Jones and discussions of each engraving. More for the academics. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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