Biographia literaria
Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1971
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About the book
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."
First sentence: IT has been my lot to have had my name introduced, both in conversation and in print, more frequently than I find it easy to explain, whether I consider the fewness, unimportance, and limited circulation of my writings, or the retirement and distance in which I have lived, both from the literary and political world.
Book details
- Year
- 1971
- Language
- English
- Series
- The complete works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Volume 3
- Publisher
- Scholarly Publishing Office, University of Michigan Library
- Editions
- 19
- Pages
- 758
- ISBN
- 9781425570163
Data source: Wikidata
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