title: The Oxford Handbook of English Prose 1500-1640 (Oxford Handbooks)
author:  Andrew Hadfield 
description: <br />"This volume presents a landmark contribution to our understanding of early modern prose and its multitude of themes, subjects and authors." --<em>Journal of the Northern Renaissance</em>
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  # On the Art of Writing
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Arthur Quiller-Couch
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  PREFACE.
  
  
  LECTURE I. INAUGURAL
  
  
  LECTURE II. THE PRACTICE OF WRITING.
  
  
  LECTURE III. ON THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN VERSE AND
  
  
  PROSE
  
  
  LECTURE IV. ON THE CAPITAL DIFFICULTY OF VERSE
  
  
  LECTURE V. INTERLUDE: ON JARGON
  
  
  LECTURE VI. ON THE CAPITAL DIFFICULTY OF PROSE
  
  
  LECTURE VII. SOME PRINCIPLES REAFFIRMED
  
  
  LECTURE VIII. ON THE LINEAGE OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
  
  
  (I)
  
  
  LECTURE IX. ON THE LINEAGE OF ENGLISH LITERATURE
  
  
  (II)
  
  
  LECTURE X. ENGLISH LITERATURE IN OUR UNIVERSITIES
  
  
  (I)
  
  
  LECTURE XI. ENGLISH LITERATURE IN OUR UNIVERSITIES
  
  
  nglish Literature in Our Universities (II)
  
  
  LECTURE XII. ON STYLE
  
  
  
  
  
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  ON THE ART OF WRITING
  
  
  
  
  
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