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Biographia literaria
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
First Published
1971
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
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."