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Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The

I.	About the Author



II.	Overview



III.	Setting



IV.	Themes and Characters



V.	Literary Qualities



VI.	Social Sensitivity



VII.	Topics for Discussion



VIII.	Ideas for Reports and Papers



IX.	Related Titles and Adaptations

Literature Guide - Rime of the Ancient Mariner, The

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor Published 1798

I About the Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge was born in the small, rural Devonshire town of Ottery St. Mary in southwest England on October 21, 1772. The son of a Church of England parish vicar, John Coleridge, and Ann Bowdon Coleridge, the boy entered Dame Key's Reading School in 1775. In 1778 he began studies at the Henry VIII Free Grammar School, which was headed by his father. When John Coleridge died in 1782, Samuel was sent to the Christ's Hospital School in London. The youngster was considered dreamy and eccentric by fellow schoolboys, in part because of his enthusiastic interest in metaphysics. He was considered extremely precocious. ...

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