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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... writing his first biography — likely with little if any help from Wotton's supposed sketches — and finished it on 15 February 1640 , just in time for inclusion as a preface to the Sermons . In the general preface " To the Reader " of ...
... writers , for such forms - or genres - were commonly practiced in the late Renaissance . Such a friend as Michael ... writing instructively , not only to teach the rudiments of successful angling ( and the cultivation of fish habitats ...
... writers to " search for the knowledge of the wise and hidden wayes & workings of our great Gods hand - maid , Nature ... writing is the contrast ( implied or asserted ) between city and country to the obvious advantage of the lat- ter ...