Beyond the willing suspension of disbelief : poetic faith from Coleridge to Tolkien / Michael Tomko.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tomko, Michael, author.

Series:

New directions in religion and literature.

New directions in religion and literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834--Criticism and interpretation.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor.

English poetry--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

English poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Samuel Taylor Coleridge's conception of "the willing suspension of disbelief" marks a pivotal moment in the history of literary theory. Returning to Coleridge's thought and Shakespeare criticism to reconstruct this idea as a form of "poetic faith", Michael Tomko here lays the foundations of a new theologically oriented mode of literary criticism. Bringing Coleridge into dialogue with thinkers ranging from Augustine to Josef Pieper, contemporary critics such as Stephen Greenblatt and Terry Eagleton as well as writers like J.R.R. Tolkien and Wendell Berry, Beyond the Willing Suspension of Disbelief offers a method of reading for post-secular literary criticism that is not only historically and politically aware but also deeply engaged with aesthetic form."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

Introduction: dreams for realities

1 The willing suspension of disbelief

2 Poetic faith

3 The willing resumption of disbelief

Conclusion: Potent art

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781780935928

1780935927

9781474218627

1474218628

9781780938363

1780938365

OCLC:

925332996