{"product_id":"the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-9780486223056","title":"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner","description":"Gustave Dore's magnificent engravings for \u003ci\u003eThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner\u003c\/i\u003e are among the later works of the great French illustrator. The intensely evocative poem provided Dor  with the long-awaited opportunity to convey limitless space on a gigantic scale, and he exploited the poem's fantastic range of atmosphere to the limits of its possibilities. The terrifying space of the open sea, the storms and whirlpools of an unknown ocean, the vast icy caverns of Antarctica, the hot equatorial sea swarming with monsters, all of the amazing visual elements that make Coleridge's masterpiece one of the most exciting and most memorable poems in the English language are unforgettably engraved in Dor 's plates.\u003cbr\u003eThis edition reproduces all of the plates to perfection, in their original size. The illustrations and the text of the poem appear on facing pages, so that the imaginative kinship of Dor  and Coleridge is delightfully evident on every page: the illustrations capture all the moods of the poem in their full intensity, bringing the images evoked by the words into clear visual focus. \u003cbr\u003eUnabridged and slightly rearranged republication of the 1878 American edition. Text slightly amended to conform to the authoritative 1834 edition of the poem.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrench illustrator Gustave Dor? (1833-83) began his prolific career at the age of 15, and his dramatic engravings have exercised an incalculable influence over latter-day artists. The remarkable scope of his work ranges from Milton, Dante, and the Bible to Rabelais, Shakespeare, and street scenes of 19th-century London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50613387165970,"sku":"9780486223056","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ddda3012-588b-4fee-83d3-7de1d01cb3bf.jpg?v=1737288511","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-9780486223056","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}