The Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (English) Hardcover Book

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Illustrated with ten copper engravings by the painter and poet David Jones (1895-1974). The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is a masterpiece. First published in 1929, it was received by reviewers as the best illustration of Coleridge's poem. This edition contains 28 illustrations, disclosing the biographical context of the engravings, interpreting them, and exploring the form of the poem which may have influenced the engravings and has until now eluded Coleridge scholars.

FORMATHardcover LANGUAGEEnglish CONDITIONBrand New Publisher Description

The artist and poet David Jones (1895-1974) considered "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" to be "one of the great achievements of English poetry, and not only great but unique." In 1929 Jones made ten copper engravings for a limited edition of Coleridge's poem, which was immediately acclaimed as the best illustrated version of the poem and "among the most perfect partnerships between author and illustrator in modern times." This new edition the first in an accessible and affordable format is prefaced by Jones's engrossing and beautifully written Introduction. Also included is an afterword by Thomas Dilworth, with twenty-eight illustrations, discussing the biographical context of the engravings, interpreting them, and illuminating an aspect of the form of the poem which may have influenced the engravings. Individually, the engravings are symbolically powerful and aesthetically compelling. Cumulatively, they achieve an overall unifying structure unparalleled in the history of art."

Author Biography

David Jones (1895-1974) was born in Kent to an English mother and Welsh father. He is equally renowned as a poet and an artist. His first poem was "In Parenthesis" (1937), an epic based on his experience in the first world war trenches. He then wrote "The Anathemata" (1952), a symbolic anatomy of western culture, which W.H. Auden regarded as the best long poem in English of the twentieth century. After its publication T.S. Eliot who had called "In Parenthesis ""a work of genius" included Jones in the exclusive company of great literary modernists consisting of himself, Pound and Joyce."

Review

"The lost modernist, David Jones, a man whose allusive obscurity won him fans like Eliot and Auden."

Details ISBN1904634141 Publisher Enitharmon Press Language English Illustrator David Jones ISBN-10 1904634141 ISBN-13 9781904634140 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 821.7 Author David Jones Short Title ANCIENT MARINER DOI 10.1604/9781904634140 Edited by Dilworth, Thomas UK Release Date 2005-09-18 Imprint Enitharmon Press Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2005-09-18 NZ Release Date 2005-09-18 Pages 80 Year 2005 Publication Date 2005-09-18 Illustrations Illustrations Audience General We've got this

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