Coleridge wrote "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" in 1834. The poem is about an albatross that is abused by sailors as a ...

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Swift seems to have forgone her candid storytelling for something showier, like a student using grammarly to spruce up an ...

She can’t help identifying with the notorious bird from Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem. How do you get the albatross off your ...

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“The Anthology” adds many beautiful tracks to “The Tortured Poets Department,” from “The Black Dog” which recounts a crushing ...

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In 1998, the BBC and Films for Humanities and Science (FHS) produced a 57-minute telefilm The Ancient Mariner, starring Paul McGann as Samuel Taylor Coleridge and the ancient mariner. The film is ...

David Weintraub Mariner tells the story of an iconic creature, the sea turtle, that has been the centerpiece for thousands of cultures, serving as the heart of creation, as a deity, as a trickster ...