The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- First Published: 1798
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Type of Plot: Allegory
- Time of Work: Late medieval period
- Setting: At sea
- Genres: Ghost story, Poetry, Sea story, Ballad
- Subjects: Supernatural, Superstition, Sin or Original sin, Storytelling, Storms, Ships, Sailing or sailors, Birds, Weddings, Middle Ages
- Locales: Oceans
Characters Discussed
The Ancient Mariner, a somewhat mysterious figure. The poem deals with two separate times, the time of the voyage and the time of the Mariner’s retelling. Facts helping to date the time of the voyage are that the Mariner uses a crossbow rather than a firearm and that his ship is the first ever to sail into the Pacific Ocean, thereby preceding Ferdinand Magellan’s voyage of 1520. He is evidently a Catholic, because he twice calls on the Virgin Mary and also invokes other saints. As for the time of the retelling, there is only a general sense that the...
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Cyclopedia of World Authors)Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Poetry)Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Dictionary of World Biography)
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