Albatross

by Graham Barwell

“At length did cross an Albatross, / Through the fog it came; / As if it had been a Christian soul, / We hailed it in God’s name.” The introduction of the albatross in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” remains one of the most well-known references to this majestic seabird in Western culture. In Albatross, Graham Barwell goes beyond Coleridge to examine the role the bird plays in the lives of a wide variety of peoples and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780231911
• ISBN13: 9781780231914
• Release Date: May 2014
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 7.4"