So, we don't really believe that a woman has been cut in half in a magic act, but we gasp at the prospect anyway because we have decided to belief in it for the duration of the act.
Coleridge also invented the term 'suspension of disbelief', which we use to describe how readers, film-viewers or audiences go along with a fantastical narrative - if the human interest and internal logic is sufficient, we will ignore the fantastical elements or the logic that doesn't fit with our real world experiences. The poem was the first to coin several phrases now in common use in the English language, including to have 'an albatross around one's neck', meaning to be burdened by something you have done, 'water, water, everywhere, but not a drop to drink', and 'a sadder and a wiser man'. It tells the tale of a sailor who has returned from a long and adventurous voyage at sea, which included an encounter with Death and being struck by a curse. Gillman, Published: 1895, Wellcome Library, London, Copyrighted work available under Creative Commons by-nc 2.0 UKĬoleridge's longest poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner was first published in 1798 and marked the start of British romantic literature. From The Gillmans of Highgate : with letters from Samuel Taylor Coleridge A.W. Portrait of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, as a young man. With his friend Robert Southey, he tried to found a utopian commune-like society called Pantisocracy - but it didn't last long. His critical work on Shakespeare was highly influential.
Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic and philosopher, a friend of poet William Wordsworth, and an opium addict. Europeana contains a great collection relating to Coleridge, from a variety of sources including institutions in the UK, Germany and Poland. Samuel Taylor Coleridge, author of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan died on 25 July 1834.
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