On the Art of Writing

Lectures Delivered in the University of Cambridge, 1913–1914

Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch

This renowned critic, scholar and educational reformer speaks on the artistic and vital nature of language as well as the skills needed both to convey and receive the written word.

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Contents

TO JOHN HAY LOBBAN

CAMBRIDGE: UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1916 NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2000

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