A Catalogue of the Library of William Wales: Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Mathematics Teacher

A Catalogue of the Library of William Wales: Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Mathematics Teacher
Bill Whelan
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1 Sep 2019 NZ
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How in the world did Samuel Taylor Coleridge, writer of one of the most dramatic poems, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, gain access to the countless books ' rare, out-of-the-way, often the despair of collectors ' which we know him to have read? This catalogue provides the answer. Many of the books were voyage accounts that would inspire full-time students at the school who were destined for careers in the navy. Of the 185 travel accounts in this collection, Lowes named at least sixty as works he thought inspired Coleridge when he wrote The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. This catalogue will interest readers who want to know where Coleridge found inspiration, or who study the history of science and maritime history. In the early 1950s, Australian art historian Bernard Smith stumbled across information that linked William Wales with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, explaining how Cook's second voyage was of crucial significance for understanding the imaginative origins of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

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