Adventures in Criticism
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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. Early in his career Quiller-Couch made many short contri...
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- ADVENTURES IN CRITICISM
- A. T. QUILLER-COUCH
- CONTENTS.
- ADVENTURES IN CRITICISM
- CHAUCER
- FOOTNOTES:
- "THE PASSIONATE PILGRIM."
- SHAKESPEARE'S LYRICS
- FOOTNOTES:
- SAMUEL DANIEL
- FOOTNOTES:
- WILLIAM BROWNE
- FOOTNOTES:
- THOMAS CAREW
- "ROBINSON CRUSOE"
- FOOTNOTES:
- LAWRENCE STERNE
- FOOTNOTES:
- SCOTT AND BURNS
- CHARLES READE
- HENRY KINGSLEY
- FOOTNOTES:
- ALEXANDER WILLIAM KINGLAKE
- C.S.C. and J.K.S.
- FOOTNOTES:
- ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON
- M. ZOLA
- SELECTION
- EXTERNALS
- CLUB TALK
- EXCURSIONISTS IN POETRY
- FOOTNOTES:
- THE POPULAR CONCEPTION OF A POET
- POETS ON THEIR OWN ART
- THE ATTITUDE OF THE PUBLIC TOWARDS LETTERS
- FOOTNOTES:
- A CASE OF BOOKSTALL CENSORSHIP
- THE POOR LITTLE PENNY DREADFUL
- IBSEN'S "PEER GYNT"
- MR. SWINBURNE'S LATER MANNER
- A MORNING WITH A BOOK
- MR. JOHN DAVIDSON
- BJÖRNSTERNE BJÖRNSON
- MR. GEORGE MOORE
- MRS. MARGARET L. WOODS
- FOOTNOTES:
- MR. HALL CAINE
- MR. ANTHONY HOPE
- "TRILBY"
- MR. STOCKTON
- BOW-WOW
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- A Baconian Essay
- The End.
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