Title: Biographia literaria
First published: 1971
Description: Samuel Taylor Coleridge's 1817 work Biographia Literaria is an autobiography in discourse; loosely structured and non-linear, the work is meditative and contains numerous philosophical essays. Initially criticized as the product of Coleridge's opiate-driven descent into illness, more recent critics have given the work far more credit and recognition. The book is the origin of the well-known critical idea of "willing suspension of disbelief."
Subjects: Criticism, Literature, Philosophy, Poetry, Aesthetics, Theory, History and criticism, Poetry 0, Criticism 0, English poetry, Biography & Autobiography, Biography, Nonfiction, English poetry, history and criticism, 19th century, Wordsworth, william, 1770-1850, Collections, English literature, history and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Poésie anglaise, Histoire et critique, Théorie, Critique, Lyrical ballads (Wordsworth, William), Coleridge, samuel taylor, 1772-1834, English poetry, history and criticism, 18th century
Places: England
People: William Wordsworth (1770-1850), Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
LC classification: PR4476 A1 1971