Coleridge's Ancient Mariner

CONTENTS

Preface

Abbreviations and References

1          Taking Bearings, Setting a Course

            what, when and why

            peculiar distractions

            almost like a subplot

            and further

            ideal core of the onion

            neither sheep nor goats

2          What Does the Poem Do?

            odds

            simply

            ballad

            words

            shape

            pictures

            mix

            so what

3          As a Poem of the Imagination

            return to source

            sensible and intelligible worlds

            touching Reason

            consequences

4          Wordsworth as Collaborator and Contributor

            seeds

            early collaboration

            the third attempt

            a different direction

            and sudden surprise

5          The Shadow Cast by Wordsworth
            the pairing            welcome to Town End

            counter-statement

            further reformulations

            legacy

6          Revision, Gloss, Choice

            variants, versions, phases

            the 1800 version

            the 1817 version

            gloss

            choice

7          A Reputation by Default

            terms of acceptance

            provisional welcome (1800-1850)

            illustrated and examined, honoured and altered (1850-1910)

            researched, cherished, changing places (1890-1934)

            two landmarks and some twisted wires

            apotheosis and aftermath (1934-1972)

            begin again better

8          Today and To Do

            the double-bind of being ingenuous

            re-run an other way

            the labels are important

            all the dead voices

Appendix 1: "Ancient Mariner "1798 Version

Appendix 2: Reading "Alice du Clós", and for the Birds