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Thomas Quayle
b. 1884
A literary scholar with a sharp eye for language, he is best known for studying how eighteenth-century English poetry developed its distinctive style. His work also reached general readers through an anthology prepared with Walter de la Mare.
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Poetic diction: A study of eighteenth century verse
by Thomas Quayle
About the author
Thomas Quayle was born on September 13, 1884, and is known as the author of Poetic Diction: A Study of Eighteenth Century Verse, first published in 1924. In that book, he explored the language and habits of eighteenth-century English poetry, tracing how poetic style was shaped by literary taste and cultural context.
The preface to Poetic Diction shows that the project grew out of research he began while holding the William Noble Fellowship in English Literature at the University of Liverpool. That gives a useful picture of him as a serious academic critic whose work was grounded in close reading and university scholarship.
Quayle also worked with Walter de la Mare on Readings, an anthology that helped bring literature to a wider audience. He died on March 7, 1963. No suitable confirmed portrait image was found from the sources I checked, so a profile image is not included.