Izaak Walton League
In 1922, 54 sportsmen and sportswomen—all concerned with the apparent destruction of American fishing waterways—established the Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA...
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Biography EssayFew authors, as George Saintsbury has observed, have acquired fame through such different volumes as Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler and his collected Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir ...
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The English writer and biographer Izaak Walton (1593-1683) was the author of The Compleat Angler. His works show him to have been a kindly and religious man with a quiet sense of humor and rare common...
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George Saintsbury once observed that few authors have acquired fame through such different volumes as Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler (1653) and The Lives of Dr. John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Mr. R...
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Izaak Walton has the distinction of having written not just one book that the world would not willingly let die, as John Milton aspired to do, but two. His treatise on fishing, The Compleat Angler, or...
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Poem by William Wordsworth
Wordsworth, William. “Written Upon a Blank Leaf in ‘The Complete Angler.’” In Wordsworth: Poetical Works, edited by Thomas Hutchinson, p. 202. O...
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In the essay below, Nardo explores the reasons for The Complete Angler's popularity, citing Walton's recreation of an imaginary, relaxing fishing trip and praising it as an exercise in t...
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In the essay below, Granqvist traces the way in which 19th-century intellectual trends shaped the interpretation of Walton and his writings.
Biography in the early nineteenth century was a thriving...
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In the following essay, Low posits that in The Compleat Angler, Walton provides an alternate reading of John Donne's poem “The Baite.”
Donne's aversion to pastoral lands...
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In the following excerpt, Epstein analyzes the structure of Walton's Life of Donne, pointing out the author's unique contributions to the biography genre.
“Being speechless, an...
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In the essay below, Radcliffe examines the issues of discourse, inclusion, and community in The Compleat Angler.
Izaak Walton's famous discourse on angling and devotion exhibits the values o...
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In the essay below, Marshall analyzes Walton's use of time in his biographies by which he heightens the apparent piousness of his subjects.
It is clear from the prefaces to a number of his l...
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In the following excerpt, Martin attempts to reconcile the persona of Walton as known through his writings with the facts of his life.
In Winchester, on 9 August 1683, Izaak Walton wrote his last p...
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In the excerpt below, Stanwood offers an overview of critical scholarship on Walton since 1640 and discusses the reasons for enduring critical interest in Walton's works.
Except for the peri...
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Poem by William Wordsworth
Wordsworth, William. “Walton's Book of Lives.” In Wordsworth: Poetical Works, edited by Thomas Hutchinson, p. 347. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 193...
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In the essay which follows, Marston relates his affection for Walton's Compleat Angler and considers its importance among texts about fishing.
Have you read The Compleat Angler? If you have,...
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In the following essay, Oliver considers the evidence that Walton wrote Love and Truth and Thealma and Clearchus, arguing that similarities in style and language between these works and his known writ...
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In the following excerpt, Bottrall offers an overview of Walton s work, praising him as a writer with continual appeal.
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The mention of Izaak Walton's name immediately suggests The Compleat...
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In the essay below, Goldman investigates similarities between the annonymous The Arte of Angling and Walton's The Compleat Angler.
The Rev. Dr. George Washington Bethune, its first American ...
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In the following excerpt, Novarr develops the thesis that due to timing and subject matter, Walton was free to express his beliefs on religion to their fullest in The Life of Herbert.
The Life of H...
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In the essay below, Bald catalogs the historical inaccuracies and inconsistencies in Walton's Life of Donne.
Sir Thomas More's History of King Richard the Third is a classic. It can b...
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In the essay below, Lein posits that The Life of Mr. George Herbert represents the pinnacle of Walton's biographical writing, building upon his earlier foundation and adding unique elements of ...
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