A prolific illustrator (Caldecott winner for Lon Po Po, 1989) takes
on one of the 19th century's most enduring narrative poems,
providing six double-spread and two single-page illustrations in
glowing, impressionistic pastels plus many vignettes rendered in
charcoal. From its elegant jacket - the title, gold on wine,
imposed on a bird's-eye view of the ethereal albatross flying up
from the ghostly ship on a turquoise and emerald sea - this is a
handsome edition. The b&w drawings break the long text, helping
modern readers to visualize the action and sometimes reflecting the
horror, though the understated style is not intrusive and leaves
one free to imagine details. The more dramatic, richly colored
pastels may draw new readers to this story of ghostly adventure,
terror, retribution, and penance; a few will glory in the
magnificent language, and some may even take note of the message
for our times: "He prayeth best, who loveth best/ All things both
great and small." (Kirkus Reviews)
Great title poem plus "Kubla Khan," "Christabel," 20 other sonnets, lyrics, odes: "Sonnet: To a Friend who asked how I felt when the Nurse first presented my Infant to me," "Frost at Midnight," "The Nightingale," "The Pains of Sleep," "To William Wordsworth," "Youth and Age," many more. All are reprinted from an authoritative edition published by Oxford University Press. Alphabetical lists of titles and first lines.
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