As Coleridge and Mary Oliver teach us, when we are trapped in extreme cold, we come to value life.
Tag Archives: Samuel Taylor Coleridge
What Extreme Cold Teaches Us
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The Mariner’s Advice to College Students
“Rime of the Ancient Mariner” appeals to college students because it explores how to live a meaningful life.
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Ancient Mariner as a Halloween Poem
“Rime of the Ancient Mariner” has passages appropriate for Halloween.
Poems Teach Us to Be Wise
Two young student athletes in my Intro to Literature took important lessons from “Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and a Wendell Berry poem.
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The Fiscal Cliff as Kubla Khan’s Chasm
Our looming fiscal cliff can be imagined as Coleridge’s “deep romantic chasm” in “Kubla Khan.”
Kane: Sunny Pleasure Dome, Caves of Ice
Film Friday I’m teaching Citizen Kane currently in my American Film class and am struck, once again, by the influence that Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” had on the movie. My father and I tried to make this case in an article that we wrote on Citizen Kane a number of years back (described here), and while the editors […]
Essay Grading and the Great Wall of China
At this time of year, I sometimes wonder why I signed up for this gig. Stacks of ungraded essays are strewn “far and wee” across my study, and only the knowledge that I have completed my student essays in the past assures me that I will make it through this batch. In my hour of […]
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