Biographia literaria

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

People: William Wordsworth (1770-1850),  Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

Places: England