Studies in Literature First Series [Paperback]

Cambridge University Press is delighted to reissue some of Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch's key texts in this new edition.Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (18631944), 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.Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (18631944), 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.Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch (18631944), 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. The Commerce of Thought; 2. Ballads; 3. The Horatian Model in English Verse; 4. On the Terms 'Classical' and 'Romantic'; 5. Some Seventeenth Century Poets: I. John Donne, II. Herbert and Vaughan, III. Traherne, Crashaw and Others; 6.The Poetry of George Meredith; 7. The Poetry of Thomas Hardy; 8. Coleridge; 9. Matthew Arnold; 10. Swinburne; 11. Charles Reade; 12. Patriotism in English Literature I; 13. Patriotism in Literature II.