Albatross

Name: Albatross
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ISBN: 9781780231914

ISBN-10: 1780231911

ISBN-13: 9781780231914

Edition: 2014

Authors: Graham Barwell

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“At length did cross an Albatross, / Through the fog it came; / As if it had been a Christian soul, / We hailed it in God’s name.” The introduction of the albatross in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” remains one of the most well-known references to this majestic seabird in Western culture. In Albatross, Graham Barwell goes beyond Coleridge to examine the role the bird plays in the lives of a wide variety of peoples and societies, from the early views of north Atlantic mariners to modern encounters by writers, artists, and filmmakers. Exploring how the bird has been celebrated in proverbs, folk stories, art, and ceremonies, Barwell shows how people marvel at the…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Reaktion Books, Limited
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 5.37" wide x 7.50" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English

ï¿½Graham Barwell teaches English, media, and cultural studies at the University of Wollongong in New South Wales, Australia.