Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley door pickup 10am - 7pm 3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611

  • Open Daily: 10am - 10pm
    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Kublai Khan: (Completed ... of Unfinished Coleridge)

Kublai Khan: (Completed ... of Unfinished Coleridge)

Hameed, Tariq

Paperback

Literary Criticism

ISBN10: 1665588098
ISBN13: 9781665588096
Publisher: Authorhouse Uk
Published: May 11 2021
Pages: 136
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.35 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English

One night, the English Romantic poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge, was ill! So ingesting, opium based a medication; while reading a book on the Great Emperor, fell into a fitful sleep: and so dreamt about the legendary Khan. On awakening, he began writing his laced dream, Kubla Khan. Unfortunately, he penned only fifty-four lines, before he was brutally interrupted, by an unfortunate bell-toll. Later, his famous friend Lord Byron, urged Coleridge to share it with a larger audience; rather than just his intimates. The poem as such, was finally published in 1797.

In a comprehensive study of the three-stanza poem, Tariq Hameed compares sections of Coleridge's verse with the life of the Mongol emperor of China and founder of the Yuan dynasty. Throughout his presentation, Tariq shares his unique perspectives of the original poem; a history of the Khan: his family, his wars, and his futuristic inspirations; and of his own poetic reflections. Finally, Tariq explores Khan's death and legacy: in his five added episodes!

Kublai Khan is a unique study of the poem Kubla Khan and the life of the Chinese Emperor.

Also in

Literary Criticism

View All