Biographia Literaria

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Overview

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."

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781775411185
Publisher:	The Floating Press
Publication date:	05/01/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	444 KB

About the Author

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was the English poet and author of works including The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Kubla Kahn, and the Biographia Literaria. Along with William Wordsworth, he was one of the founders of the Romantic Movement.