Quiller-couch, Sir Arthur Thomas
Related Category: English Literature, 20th cent. to the Present: Biographies
(kwĭl´ər-k
ch´´), pseud.
Q, 1863–1944, English author. Among the novels of his native Cornwall are
Dead Man's Rock (1887) and
Hetty Wesley (1903), which are romantic in spirit yet distinguished for their clear and colorful style. He also wrote essays, lectures, and poetry and was the editor of many anthologies, including the
Oxford Book of English Verse (1900) and the
Oxford Book of English Prose (1923). He was knighted in 1910.
See his unfinished autobiography, Memories and Opinions (1945); study by H. Hanff (1985).
