ESCAPE AND RETURN: REBIRTH THROUGH WATER IN "THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER" AND A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 10½ CHAPTERS Cover Image

ESCAPE AND RETURN: REBIRTH THROUGH WATER IN "THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER" AND A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 10½ CHAPTERS
ESCAPE AND RETURN: REBIRTH THROUGH WATER IN "THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER" AND A HISTORY OF THE WORLD IN 10½ CHAPTERS

Author(s): Danica Igrutinović
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Универзитет у Нишу
Keywords: Rebirth; water; fertility; "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner;" A History of the World in 10½ Chapters

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines rebirth through water in Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and Barnes' A History of the World in 10½ Chapters. It attempts to illuminate the reasons for the differences in the treatment of the archetype between the two texts, mainly pertaining to the changing perspective on female fertility.

  • Issue Year: 07/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 135-145
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: English