Ars poetica vs Biographia literaria: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Aesthetics, Criticism, History and criticism, Poetry, Literature

Cover of Ars poetica

Ars poetica Horace · 1536 ★★★★☆ 3.6 82 pages · ≈ 1 h 31 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

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Cover of Biographia literaria

Biographia literaria Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1817 442 pages · ≈ 8 h 11 m · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Ars poetica is the quicker read — about 1 hours vs 8 for Biographia literaria.

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