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The Way To Xanadu

Caroline Alexander

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Caroline Alexander first read Coleridge's majestic, irresolvable masterpiece Kubla Khan as a child and, like scores of scholars ever since its first publication, became obsessed with the poem's sources. 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 extraordinary book Caroline Alexander recounts her quest across three continentsto discover "the miracle of rare device", the sources of Coleridge's inspiration.

Language: English

Pages: 194

Release: January 01, 1993

ISBN 13: 9781857991031

The Way To Xanadu

Caroline Alexander

0/5 ( ratings)

Caroline Alexander first read Coleridge's majestic, irresolvable masterpiece Kubla Khan as a child and, like scores of scholars ever since its first publication, became obsessed with the poem's sources. 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 extraordinary book Caroline Alexander recounts her quest across three continentsto discover "the miracle of rare device", the sources of Coleridge's inspiration.

Language: English

Pages: 194

Release: January 01, 1993

ISBN 13: 9781857991031

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