Izaak WaltonTwayne, 1998 - 124 pages The best-known fishing manual ever written, Izaak Waltons Compleat Angler has appeared in hundreds of editions and appealed to generations of readers since its first publication in 1653. No less remarkable are Waltons LIVES of various eminent contemporaries, especially of Richard Hooker, John Donne, and George Herbert, essential studies that have earned Walton the reputation of being the originator of English biography. Waltons various works have generally been treated separately or in isolation from one another, but Paul Stanwoods critical commentary uniquely describes the interrelationship of all the works. This study also examines the life and thought of Walton in terms of the revolutionary times in which he lived. In an artless and graceful style that matches the eloquence of this subject, Stanwood provides students of all levels with a clear and concise introduction to this seminal figure of the English Renaissance. |
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... Piscator arrive promptly at the " cleanly " inn : " Come Hostess , how do you ? Will you first give us a cup of your best drink , and then dress this Chub , as you drest my last . ? but you must do me one courtesie , it must be done ...
... Piscator will have time for an " easy " discourse , though doubtless a " watry " one . Piscator explains his motives and beliefs , which are fundamental to the whole of The Compleat Angler , for like all anglers he must be concerned ...
... Piscator's response is to turn away from Donne to observations of the eel . Walton's book is full of variety , as we have seen , and much deliberately ordered digression , for everything has its proper place , whether immedi- ately ...