Negative Space: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Christabel
- “The night is chilly, but not dark. The thin gray cloud is spread on high, it covers but not hides the sky. The moon is behind, and at the full; and yet she looks both small and dull. The night is chill, the cloud is gray: ’tis a month before the month of May, and the Spring comes slowly up this way.”
- The Conclusion to Part I
- Christabel sleeps under the influence of… what?
- A Fistful of Coleridge
- These poems combined into one file for use on a portable device.
- Kubla Khan
- In England did Coleridge a draught of opium pursue…
- Part I
- The ancient mariner stops one of three wedding guests to tell his story.
- Part I
- Christabel discovers the Lady Geraldine and brings her home in secret.
- Part II
- The mariners praise the killing of the albatross, and the sea sails out of mist and into the hot, still sea.
- Part II
- The Baron greets Lady Geraldine and sees in her an old friend’s daughter.
- Part III
- The mariners succumb to dehydration and heat.
- Part IV
- The mariner lives aboard ship with his guilt.
- Part V
- The mariner’s rebirth in wind and rain.
- Part VI
- Voices discuss the fate of the mariner.
- Part VII
- The mariner and the wedding guest learn their lesson.
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
- Going to a wedding soon? Coleridge’s sure-fire party story: responsibility, guilt, and redemption.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- Some of Coleridge’s work, including Kubla Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
- The World’s Progress
- Some information about Coleridge from a 1913 book of history from “The Delphian Society”, that I ran across at a yard sale.
More Information
- The Portable Coleridge•
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Perfect for carrying in your back pocket on the way to the wedding. Includes “Kubla Khan”, “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, and many of his essays and other writings.
