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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... present Pope Clement the Eighth , and that Republick : for he did not excommunicate them ; consid- ering ( as I conceive ) that in the late Council of Trent it was at last ( after many Politique disturbances , and delayes , and ...
... present mercies . . . . We have now liberty , not onely to read , but reprint and practice Mr. Hookers Ecclesiastical Polity ; to which , as to Jeremies Prophesie , many more like words are now added , together with some larger ...
... present story . Sanderson lived hardly three years in his new dignity ( Herbert's pastoral life was equally brief ) , but he pro- vided important leadership at the Savoy Conference , called in 1661 for dealing with the concerns of the ...