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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... poem by Samuel Page , The Love of Amos and Laura , published in 1613 , contains prefatory verses addressed to Walton ... poems to Coryat's Crudities ( 1611 ) . Contribu- tors to those poems formed a remarkable group that also included ...
... poem by the " Holy Mr. Herbert " that illustrates the pleasantness of remembered meadows and fragrant flowers . Walton suggests that " Sweet day , so cool , so calm , so bright ” is mostly a poem of gentle nos- talgia ; but of course it ...
... poems it parodies ; it is a contemporary text by a " modern " poet . Walton must be aware of Donne's purpose , for he seems to use this poem as an ironic comment on his own ideal of the civilized and social world . Such subtle echoing ...