The road to Xanadu
by John Livingston Lowes · first published 1927
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The Road to Xanadu by John Livingston Lowes is a classic study on the literary influences in the writing of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan that tracks down the source of almost every word and phrase in the…
on “Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1834)” ↗…flow of his thoughts as if you are sitting next to him. Every now and then I dip into this and always come out with some gem I never saw before. Get the Seamus Perry edition of this. Get a copy of the Road to Xanadu by Livingstone-Lowes for extra enjoyment.
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