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ALEXANDER , CAROLINE / SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE Xanadu , the Way to - Samuel Taylor Coleridge 's Xanadu - a Quest Across 3 Continents to Discover the Source of His Literary Inspiration
London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1993. First Edition. Hard Cover in Dust Jacket. 6 x 8 " 0297813137 1993 Hardcover in DJ 1st ... Brand new from publisher ... Never opened, Never owned, Never marked ... Excellent Gift Giving quality ... Jacket protected in New non-stick clear mylar sleeve ... 194 pages ... with illustration from the 1618 edition of Purchas Pilgrimage reproduced courtesy of the British Library ... As a British child growing up in North Florida , author Caroline Alexander first read the masterpiece of Samuel Taylor Coleridge , ' Kubla Khan ' ... Coleridge himself later claimed that the poem was composed in an opium reverie ... brought on " at the moment he was reading the following sentence in Purcha's Pilgrimage : ' Here the Khan Kubla commanded a palace to be bu ilt, and a stately garden thereunto ' " ... Scholars have discussed the other contemporary works that influenced Coleridge ever since ... Was there really a place called Xanadu ... with its ' walls and towers ' ? ... What inspired the ' caves of ice ' ... ' the mighty fountain momently forced ' ... and the ' Abyssinian maid singing of Mount Abora ' ? ... In this brilliantly written literary travel book ... the author recounts a quest across 3 continents to discover ... ' the miracle of rare device ' ... the sources of Coleridge's inspiration ... " The Way to Xanadu " ... by Caroline Alexander ... published by Weidenfeld & Nicholson , London ... 1993 First Edition Hardcover in dustjacket ... Brand New Gift Giving quality ***. New/New .
Offered for US$ 39.95 by: Cavendish International Books & Music - Book number: 1051
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