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9 de mai. de 2024 · Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (born Nov. 21, 1863, Bodmin, Cornwall, Eng.—died May 12, 1944, Fowey, Cornwall) was an English poet, novelist, and anthologist noted for his compilation of The Oxford Book of English Verse 1250–1900 (1900; revised 1939) and The Oxford Book of Ballads (1910).
As happened to ther famous writers – for example, Trollope & Hardy – Q almost disappeared from the public scene soon after his death. Few of his books are available in print yet his influence as having been immense – in both the academic world [for example with The Art of Writing] as well as popular fiction [as mentor to Daphne du Maurier].
Auch an der Edition verschiedener Anthologien war Sir Arthur maßgeblich beteiligt, die zum Teil heute noch in Gebrauch sind – insbesondere das Oxford Book of English Verse, ebenso an der Herausgabe kostbar illustrierter Märchen-Sammlungen. Im Alter von 80 Jahren starb Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch am 12. Mai 1944 in Fowey.
In the autumn of 1934, the year following Margaret Quiller Couch's funeral, Dorothy Penneck Couch married Fritz Carl Langer, a German merchant born in Herne, but living in Java, Indonesia. They had two children, Dorette, born in 1935 but who died aged only four in 1940, and Richard John Penneck Langer, born in 1937.
These lectures tell us a great deal about Q’s ideas on education, literature, reading and child development. They also reflect his fears for the future of liberal democracy. In the lectures Q argued for the importance of a liberal education system, with great literature at its centre. Only this could bring balance and perspective, he believed.
Q's first novel, an adventure story set on the coast of Cornwall. 1887. Novel. Maritime. Fort Amity. A historical novel set in north-eastern America with the main action taking place from 1758 to 1760. 1904. Novel. History, Politics, War.
3 de out. de 2014 · Between 1913 and 1914, British writer, critic, and literary tastemaker Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch, better known under the pseudonym Q, delivered a series of twelve lectures on writing at Cambridge University, where he had been appointed to the King Edward VII Professorship of English Literature the previous year.
