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Read By: Michael Sheen, John Moffatt, Sarah Woodward, Anton Lesser, Benjamin Soames, David Timson Publisher: Naxos AudioBooks Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 0.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 0.63 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: August 2010 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN:
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in collaboration with his friend, William Wordsworth, revolutionized English poetry. In 1798 they produced their Lyrical Ballads, poems of imagination and reflection using the language of men - pointing the way forward for a generation of Romantic poets.

Coleridge's addiction to opium affected his poetic output, and yet the handful of poems he did produce were innovative. These ranged from the quietly conversational to the wildly imagined, and include two of the greatest in English literature: Kubla Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Hollywood actor Michael Sheen reads The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, in this collection, which is part of the Naxos AudioBooks The Great Poets series. This popular anthology also contains Coleridge's other major narrative poem Christabel, as well as Kubla Khan, Love, Frost at Midnight, and The Lime-Tree Bower My Prison.

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    " Coleridge is one of the most sublime poets in the English language. His poetry is essential to anyone who appreciates the beautiful use of language. "

    — Ian, 10/7/2013
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    " I love Coleridge. But you haven't heard "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" until you've heard Iron Maiden's song . . . "

    — Colin, 10/6/2013
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    " excellent compilation "

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    " The only poems I really remember are Kubla Khan and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Not bad... "

    — Maureen, 6/6/2012
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    " Did Coleridge ever right a word that wasn't great? I haven't come across anything he's written, criticism included, that I didn't think was brilliant. One of my favorites, hands down. "

    — Tom, 3/12/2012
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    " Penguin, not Coleridge, is the problem. "

    — Douglas, 12/22/2011
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    " Worthwhile mostly for Kubla Khan and the Mariner "

    — Michael, 11/23/2011
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    " Took me near two years to finish. Just too much Coleridge for me. Should have read a "selected" edition. "

    — Chris, 9/10/2011
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    " I've only read The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and though the theme wasn't very appealing, the form is certainly beautiful. I enjoyed it quite much. "

    — Noecito, 8/24/2011
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    " Who doesn't love Ancient Mariner or Xanadu? Funny how a little opium can enhance your creativity! "

    — Amy, 5/24/2011
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    " It's much more fun to read along and listen than it is to read only. I've listened to Kubla Khan so many times that I almost have it memorized. In fact, I am going to memorize it. "

    — keatssycamore, 2/5/2011
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    " Kubla Khan - Coleridge's efforts to remember a lush, elusive dream, made all the more haunting by his inability to capture its full essence with words. "

    — Janice, 11/4/2010
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    " YES I HAVE READ ALL OF THEM I EVEN CITED "CRISTOBEL" IN A PAPER ABOUT LESBIAN VAMPIRES IN SEVENTIES FRENCH CINEMA "

    — Stuart, 8/18/2010

About Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) studied classics at Jesus College, Cambridge. As a radical young poet he collaborated with Wordsworth in Lyrical Ballads. He was by turns poet, dramatist, political journalist, essayist, and public lecturer. Chronic ill health and addiction to opium led to his death in 1834.