Novels In History: Educated at Heidelberg, Berlin and Halle, he taught at Dresden until his 39th year, at Berlin in 1862-1869, and then in the Darmstadt Technische Hochschule, where he was professor of German language, literature and history. He wrote an excellent history of German literature (1872; 4th ed., 1882); the novels, Im Haus der Voter, Das Buchstabirbuch der Leidenschaft and Die Prophetenschule; two volumes of dramatic poems (1867-76). His alle-goric tales in verse, Waldmeisters Brautfahrt, 77th ed. (1905), was his greatest and most popular work. It was followed by other lyrics and tales. Consult his autobiography, Siebsig Jahre (1893).
Quiller-Couch made his reputation as a writer of novels and stories and as a poet with a fine gift for parody, later turning to literary criticism and his well-known anthologies. A vivid style, subtle and poignant humor, and vigorous and colorful imagination are characteristics of his writings. For his earlier work he used the pseudonym Q. His novels and stories are mainly Cornish in background.
GONE WITH THE WIND is a novel by the American author Margaret Mitchell (q.v.), published in 1936. It won the 1937 Pulitzer Prize and became one of the best-selling novels in history. David Selznick's film version (1939), directed by Victor Fleming and starring Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh, is often called the most popular motion picture ever made. |
