http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/british-romantic-literature Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 03 May 2026 06:28:48 -0400 Sun, 03 May 2026 06:28:48 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1895/revenant-narratives-and-the-representation-of-demonic-lovers-in-english-gothic-ballads By Maggie E. Sadler - The Demon-Lover functions as a significant motif in English Gothic ballad tradition, which scholar Hugh Shields articulates as a “supernatural intrusion into a narrative which is of this world” (Shields p. 107). While this intrusion implies the violent and problematic sexual dynamics of the Demon-Lover Motif, Shields’s statement also speaks to how writers in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries capitalized on the popularity of Gothic conventions such as horror and the grotesque supernatural to imperfectly resurrect the declining literary traditions of folklore and... Tue, 06 Apr 2021 10:35 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1895/revenant-narratives-and-the-representation-of-demonic-lovers-in-english-gothic-ballads http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1696/brief-review-the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-by-samuel-taylor-coleridge By Sandra L. Meyer - After the Mariner kills the Albatross, it is hung around his neck so he can understand the seriousness of his act, but he is incapable of realizing the full implications at this time.  The bird was of no danger to the Mariner or the men on the ship, and in fact, was a spiritual guide to safeguard the crew on their excursion.  The murder was committed on a whim, with no forethought about the act or the repercussions. The Mariner gives no explanation to the Wedding Guest as to why he killed the bird because he has none.  In his essay “The Sad Wisdom of the Mariner,” A.... Thu, 28 Jan 2010 08:59 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1696/brief-review-the-rime-of-the-ancient-mariner-by-samuel-taylor-coleridge