June 2025
Intermediate to advanced
224 pages
4h 53m
English
The concept of “suspension of disbelief” originated with Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1817. His premise was that a writer could infuse “human interest and a semblance of truth into a fantastic tale,” enabling the reader to set aside judgment regarding the narrative’s implausibility. In collaboration with William Wordsworth, Coleridge embarked on an experiment to fashion stories with “supernatural qualities” that could convey a “semblance of ...
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