Because it's basically a scatterbrained collection of thoughts, the author of this book referred to it as an "immethodical miscellany.
In a chapter refuting myth of the irritability of geniuses, this book argues that literature requires no talent, and that genius is to talent as egg is to egg shell. Because it's basically a scatterbrained collection of thoughts, the author of this book referred to it as an "immethodical miscellany." This book distinguishes between fancy and imagination, arguing that the latter has an "esemplastic" quality. This book argues that, if a writer infuses human interest and elements of truth into a fantastic tale, he can create a sense of "poetic faith" in the reader, which it terms the (*) "suspension of disbelief." This book presents a critique of the theory of poetry outlined in the preface to the Lyrical Ballads, which its author collaborated on with Wordsworth. For 10 points, name this autobiography in discourse written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
In a chapter refuting myth of the irritability of geniuses, this book argues that literature requires no talent, and that genius is to talent as egg is to egg shell.
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