Biographia Literaria - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Biographia Literaria

By Samuel Taylor Coleridge

  • Release Date: 2012-06-19
  • Genre: Literary Criticism

Description

He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as the major prose work Biographia Literaria. His critical work, especially on Shakespeare, was highly influential, and he helped introduce German idealist philosophy to English-speaking culture. He coined many familiar words and phrases, including the celebrated suspension of disbelief. He was a major influence on Emerson, and American transcendentalism.