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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... Common Prayer " to the scandal of so many devout and learned men . " Sanderson , according to Walton , commends the old forms of worship that now have been replaced by " needless debates about Free - will , Election , and Reprobation ...
... common , for Walton must have intended them to reflect and comment on his stormy world ; their common attitude and style certainly suggest closely linked composition , the three parts of a trip- tych , even though the Angler has a form ...
... Common Prayer , whose author is unknown . 15. See Anthony Low , " The Compleat Angler's ' Baite ' ; or , The Sub- verter Subverted , " John Donne Journal 4 ( 1985 ) : 3 . 16. See Low , who writes , " As Walton recognizes , Marlowe and ...