Jane E. Kim

Mariner

Arts & Literature

“Malcolm Guite greatly enriches the field of Coleridge studies by producing an account of the poet's life and work that takes seriously his Christian faith. By ingeniously and tenderly aligning the poet with his Ancient Mariner, Guite casts Coleridge as a prophet who, not yet fully comprehending his own vision, recounts a story he only later comes to understand as his own. Guite also challenges us who are facing ecological, cultural, and spiritual crises to similarly recognize ourselves in the figure of the suffering Mariner and to become fellow mariners in the journey toward redemption.”