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Kubla Khan
Kubla Khan | Samuel Coleridge
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Though left uncompleted, Kubla Khan is one of the most famous examples of Romantic era poetry. In it, Samuel Coleridge provides a stunning and detailed example of the power of the poets imagination through his whimsical description of Xanadu, the capital city of Kublai Khans empire. Samuel Coleridge penned Kubla Khan after waking up from an opium-induced dream in which he experienced and imagined the realities of the great Mongol rulers capital city. Coleridge began writing what he remembered of his dream immediately upon waking from it, and intended to write two to three hundred lines. However, Coleridge was interrupted soon after and, his memory of the dream dimming, was ultimately unable to complete the poem. HarperPerennial Classics brings great works of literature to life in digital format, upholding the highest standards in ebook production and celebrating reading in all its forms. Look for more titles in the HarperPerennial Classics collection to build your digital library.
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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
Kubla Khan | Samuel Coleridge
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This is what I thought of for the #Underground prompt for today‘s #QuotsyNov17, it also came up recently in Margret Atwood‘s The Blind Assassin...so much darkness underneath the surface, “through caverns measureless to man”, hidden below a glamorous exterior. #BlindAssassinBuddyRead

Or reminiscent of Gandalf‘s journey down through and past the mines, down to a sunless sea, and back out the other side. #LOTRChapterADay

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Sisenegger
Kubla Khan | Samuel Coleridge
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Help! I'm on my last letter for this challenge. I read Kubla Khan, a poem set in Xanadu, but I'm not sure if I can count it. I've found one or two other obscure books with an "x" setting, but I'm not willing to pay $10 for a book I'm not really interested in. Any ideas of books set in a place (real or fiction) beginning with X?
#litsyatozchallenge #locationedition

cathysaid A quick search on my library database shows Piers Anthony writes about a place called Xanth. I haven't read since it is SciFi/Fantasy, but maybe you like that genre? 7y
Sisenegger @cathysaid I'm not super into it and I'd noticed that series, but overdrive only has books 39 & 41 (!). I did just see that the first in the series is only $1.10 on Kindle so maybe I'll bite the bullet and give it a whirl. Thanks! (edited) 7y
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