The Meaning of the Ancient Mariner
The Meaning of the Ancient Mariner
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古代水手的意义
DOI:
10.1086/448139
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发表时间:
1981
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影响因子:
1.7
通讯作者:
Jerome McGann
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作者:
Jerome McGann
What does "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" mean? This question, in one form or another, has been asked of the poem from the beginning; indeed, so interesting and so dominant has this question been that Coleridge's poem now serves as one of our culture's standard texts for introducing students to poetic interpretation. The question has been, and still is, an important one, and I shall try to present here yet another answer to it. My approach, however, will differ slightly from the traditional ones, for I do not believe that we can arrive at a synthetic answer until we reflect upon the meaning of the question itself. I will begin, therefore, by reconsidering briefly the history of the poem's criticism.