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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... Lord Bishop of Exeter ) publisht the Life of Mr. Richard Hooker , ( so he called it ) with so many dangerous mistakes , both of him and his Books , that discoursing of them with his Grace , Gilbert that now is Lord Archbishop of ...
... Lord Hailes intended to do it . I had wished to negociate between Lord Hailes and him , that one or other should perform so good a work . JOHNSON . “ In order to do it well , it will be necessary to collect all the editions of Walton's ...
... Lord the Bishop of Worster , I thinke he will boeth say he knowes this to be my hand , and that he thinkes I am an honest man . I wish your buissnes or any thing that at any time may concerne my selfe may soe prosper , as I conceue I ...