The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
First EditionSamuel Taylor Coleridge, Edited by Paul H. Fry
©1999Containing both the 1798 and 1817 versions of Coleridge's Romantic poem, this critical version of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner features essays which take on five contemporary critical perspectives: reader response, Marxist, psychoanalytic, deconstructionist, and new historical.
Table of Contents
PART I."THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER": THE 1798 AND 1817 TEXTS
Biographical and Historical Contexts
The 1798 and 1817 Texts
PART II. "THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER": A CASE STUDY IN CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM
A Critical History of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
A Critical History: A Selected Bibliography
Reader-Response Criticism and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
What Is Reader-Response Criticism?
Reader-Response Criticism: A Selected Bibliography
A Reader-Response Perspective:
Frances Ferguson, Coleridge and Deluded Reader: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Marxist Criticism and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
What Is Marxist Criticism?
Marxist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography
A Marxist Perspective:
David Simpson, How Marxism Reads "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
New Historicism and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
What Is New Historicism?
New Historicism: A Selected Bibliography
A New Historicist Perspective
Raimonda Modiano, Sameness or Difference? Historicist Readings of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Psychoanalytic Criticism and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?
Psychoanalytic Criticism: A Selected Bibliography
A Psychoanalytic Perspective:
Anne Williams, An I for an Eye: "Spectral Persecution" in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Deconstruction and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
What Is Deconstruction?
Deconstruction: A Selected Bibliography
A Deconstructive Perspective:
Susan Eilenberg, Voice and Ventriloquy in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Combining Critical Perspectives on the "Rime"
Paul H. Fry, Wordsworth in the "Rime"
Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terms
About the Contributors
Biographical and Historical Contexts
The 1798 and 1817 Texts
PART II. "THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER": A CASE STUDY IN CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM
A Critical History of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
A Critical History: A Selected Bibliography
Reader-Response Criticism and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
What Is Reader-Response Criticism?
Reader-Response Criticism: A Selected Bibliography
A Reader-Response Perspective:
Frances Ferguson, Coleridge and Deluded Reader: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Marxist Criticism and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
What Is Marxist Criticism?
Marxist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography
A Marxist Perspective:
David Simpson, How Marxism Reads "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
New Historicism and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
What Is New Historicism?
New Historicism: A Selected Bibliography
A New Historicist Perspective
Raimonda Modiano, Sameness or Difference? Historicist Readings of "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Psychoanalytic Criticism and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?
Psychoanalytic Criticism: A Selected Bibliography
A Psychoanalytic Perspective:
Anne Williams, An I for an Eye: "Spectral Persecution" in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Deconstruction and "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
What Is Deconstruction?
Deconstruction: A Selected Bibliography
A Deconstructive Perspective:
Susan Eilenberg, Voice and Ventriloquy in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
Combining Critical Perspectives on the "Rime"
Paul H. Fry, Wordsworth in the "Rime"
Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terms
About the Contributors