On the Art of Writing

Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch was one of the giants of early twentieth-century literature and literary criticism.

Arthur Quiller-Couch (Author)

9780521736824, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 18 September 2008

228 pages
20.3 x 12.7 x 1.3 cm, 0.25 kg

Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863–1944), who often published under the pen-name of 'Q', was one of the giants of early twentieth-century literature and literary criticism. A novelist and poet who was also a Professor of English, he helped to form the literary tastes of generations of literary students and scholars who came after him. The freshness, enthusiasm and intellectual insight of his work is still evident in his writings nearly a century on. Cambridge University Press is delighted to reissue some of his key texts in this new edition.

1. Inaugural
2. The Practice of Writing
3. On the Difference between Verse and Prose
4. On the Capital Difficulty of Verse
5. Interlude: On Jargon
6. On the Capital Difficulty of Prose
7. Some Principles Reaffirmed
8. On the Lineage of English Literature I
9. On the Lineage of English Literature II
10. English Literature in our Universities I
11. English Literature in our Universities II
12. On Style

Subject Areas: Literary studies: general [DSB]