Beyond the Willing Suspension of Disbelief: Poetic Faith from Coleridge to Tolkien / Modernity's Mist: British Romanticism and the Poetics of Anticipation
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DOI: 10.1080/10509585.2016.1272871
Abstract: Thus the tendency to sunder the philosophical idealism of the Romantics from their historical specificity, so prevalent in Romantic criticism today, is persuasively reversed in Michael’s study. As he presents it, a specific political context… read more here.
Keywords: beyond willing; poetic faith; suspension disbelief; disbelief poetic ... See more keywords
‘Suspension of Disbelief’: A Coherentist Theory of Fiction
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DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2887900
Abstract: Why do we say that a certain fiction is good, or acceptable, or even credible? Are there any criteria that determine these judgments? The paper does not discuss the metaphysical status of fictional entities but,… read more here.
Keywords: coherentist theory; suspension disbelief; theory fiction; fiction ... See more keywords