Lucasta Miller

How ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ plays tricks with the mind

First published in 1798, Coleridge’s masterpiece, about a man obsessed with retelling his story, has obsessed readers ever since, because it never offers up closure

‘The Mariner gazes on the serpents in the ocean’: illustration by Gustave Doré. [Getty Images] 
issue 17 August 2024
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