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Title: The Rime of the Ancient Mariner/the Hunting of the Snark by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, James Mason, Lewis Carroll, Roy Dotrice, Samuel Taylor Colerdige ISBN: 1-57511-093-8 Publisher: Publishing Mills Pub. Date: April, 2002 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.82 (11 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Gustave Dore's Engravings offer Mesmerizing Images
Comment: I read and memorized portions of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner as a school boy. I thoroughly enjoyed my first reading and I still like it today. I only wish I had encountered these Dore illustrations years ago.
This oversized edition by Dover Publications reproduces all 42 Dore engravings in their original size. Gustave Dore's illustrations are absolutely mesmerizing. I enjoy slowly turning the pages and examining the phenomenal detail in these famous Dore engravings.
Every aspect of this edition is great. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner is an imaginative, haunting, and captivating narrative poem that has no parallel in the English language. The engravings by Gustave Dore - the open and endless sea, the vast icy reaches of Antarctica, the calm tropical sea with monsters swirling about, and the dead seamen sprawled on the ship's deck all translate the evocative words of Coleridge into unforgettable images. And the introduction by Millicent Rose is excellent.
Buy a copy. You won't be disappointed.
Rating: 5
Summary: A Beautiful Bargain
Comment: This is an incredible book, a collaboration, really, featuring reproductions of the wood engravings that were created by Gustave Dore in 1875, inspired by this epic poem by Samuel Coleridge. (the editorial reviews are confusing, because they describe books by different artists) There are 42 magnificent illustrations, on 9 x 12 pages no less, for just six bucks and change. You won't find a better bargain here.
Rating: 5
Summary: Beautiful woodcuts bring vivid imagery to this great poem
Comment: I have to disagree with the bad rap this poem often gets. Sure, Coleridge's 4-3-4-3 meter is simple and easily imitable, but that does not change the fact that he used the meter masterfully, that his verse is beautiful and his imagery splendid (even without the woodcuts). The story is fairly simple, though its effect is somewhat chilling. Yes, I've even heard the Mariner compared to Popeye with a dead bird around his neck. But all joking aside, this is a beautiful poem.
On the surface, this may just seem to be a simple poem by an English Romantic. But there is so much more. There is a lesson to be learned, one of respect for God's creatures and for all of creation. This is certainly a Romantic point of view, and Coleridge puts it forth very nicely in this poem.
This is a great beginning poem for novices of poetry, for beginners and for people who dislike poetry if it doesn't rhyme and have a definite rhythm. This is definitely Coleridge's best poem, one that everyone should be familiar with. This version with the woodcuts makes for a very attractive package--the illustrations add nicely to the poems overall effect.
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Title: The Dore Bible Illustrations by Gustave Dore ISBN: 048623004X Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1974 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Dore's Illustrations for "Paradise Lost" by Gustave Dore ISBN: 0486277194 Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 22 September, 1993 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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Title: The Dore Illustrations for Dante's Divine Comedy by Gustave Dore ISBN: 048623231X Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 June, 1976 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Dore's Illustrations for Ariosto's "Orlando Furioso" by Gustave Dore ISBN: 048623973X Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 01 April, 1980 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Dore Gallery : His 120 Greatest Illustrations by Carol Belanger Grafton, Gustave Dore ISBN: 048640160X Publisher: Dover Pubns Pub. Date: 08 July, 1998 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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