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Suspension of disbelief - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Suspension of disbelief or "willing suspension of disbelief" is a formula devised by the poet and aesthetic philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge to justify the use of fantastic or non-realistic elemen...
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The Rime of the Ancient Mariner - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere ) is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge written in 1797–98 and published in the fi...
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That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. ... Samuel T. Coleridge (1772-1834), British poet and literary critic, wrote in Chapter XIV of his autobiography, Biographia Literaria, the following passage:
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge called drama "that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith." When we sit in a theater, we willingly suspend our disbelief.
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A familiar phrase flits through my mind in a wildly new context: "The willing suspension of disbelief." Coleridge invented this phrase to describe how humans allow themselves to be taken in by art. I am struck by just how similar an act of self-delusion is required for IFR.
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A little bit about Coleridge, Samuel Taylor ... Samuel Taylor Coleridge (October 21, 1772 July 25, 1834) was an English poet, critic, and philosopher who was, along with his friend William Wordsworth, ... That willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith. Coleridge, Samuel Taylor...
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge, the poet and author, called drama "that willing suspension of disbelief for the moment, which constitutes poetic faith ..." ... Any creative endeavor, certainly any written creative endeavor, is only successful to the extent that the audience offers this willing suspension as they read, listen,
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