The phrase "willing suspension of disbelief" applies to which poet/critic ?
Correct answer: C. Coleridge
- A. Charles Lamb
- B. Joseph Conrad
- C. Coleridge
- D. Wordsworth
Explanation
Samuel Taylor Coleridge introduced the phrase “willing suspension of disbelief” in Biographia Literaria to explain how readers accept the improbable in imaginative poetry. It is especially connected with his account of poetic faith and supernatural writing.
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