Biographia Literaria

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Biography & Autobiography. Philosophy. Nonfiction. HTML: 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." .… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Samuel Taylor Coleridge	—	primary author	all editions	calculated
Bate, W. Jackson	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Engell, James	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Rhys, Ernest	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed
Watson, George	Editor	secondary author	some editions	confirmed

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Classics

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Biographia Literaria Vol. 1 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Biographia Literaria Vol. 2 by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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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.

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Biography & Autobiography. Philosophy. Nonfiction. HTML:

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."

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