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Izaak Walton

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Quotations
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Izaak Walton Quotes
810 words, approx. 3 pages
Izaak Walton (August 9, 1593 - December 15, 1683) was an English writer, author of The Compleat Angler . Sourced But God, who is able to prevail, wrestled with him, as the Angel did with Jacob, and marked him; marked him for his own. Life of Donne...


Biography

Name: Izaak Walton
Birth Date: August 9, 1593
Death Date: December 15, 1683
Place of Birth: Stafford, England
Place of Death: Winchester, England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: writer

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Biography of Izaak Walton
416 words, approx. 1 pages
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 sense. Izaak Walton was born at Stafford on Aug. 9,...
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Biography of Izaak Walton
6,140 words, approx. 21 pages
Few 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 Henry Wotton, Mr. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert. Walton, it must...
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Biography of Izaak Walton
5,643 words, approx. 19 pages
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. Richard Hooker, Mr. George Herbert (1670). Walton,...
 


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Izaak Walton League Summary
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In 1922, 54 sportsmen and sportswomen—all concerned with the apparent destruction of American fishing waterways—established the Izaak Walton League of America (IWLA). They looked upon Izaak Walton, a seventeenth-century English...
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Izaak Walton Information
1,555 words, approx. 5 pages
Izaak Walton (August 9, 1593 - December 15, 1683) was an English writer, author of The Compleat...


News and Journals
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Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME
Izaak Walton League
02/04/2006: 335 words, approx. 1 pages
The op-ed by Robert Fisk Jr., "10 ideas on bear hounding and trapping" (BDN, Feb. 1), misrepresented the position of the Maine Chapter of the Izaak Walton League (IWLA). Fisk states that along with Maine Friends of Animals and the Wildlife Alliance of Maine,...
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The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Casting for faith with Izaak Walton
05/23/1999: 616 words, approx. 2 pages
The Complete Angler: A Connecticut Yankee Follows in the Footsteps of Walton. By James Prosek. HarperCollins. 324 pages. $30. For James Prosek prodigy fly-fisherman, skilled watercolorist, author of two books on trout fishing ("Trout: An Illustrated History" and "Joe and Me: An Education...
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AP News
Thursday's ski report-2
12/8/2006: 3,555 words, approx. 12 pages
Latest skiing conditions, as supplied by SnoCountry Mountain Reports. Conditions are subject to change due to weather, skier/rider traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions. For more information go to http://www.snocountry.com: Thursday, Dec. 7ROCKIESColoradoArapahoe Basin _ Thu 5:18a packed powder machine groomed 28...
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AP News
Latest ski report
4/12/2007: 3,240 words, approx. 11 pages
Latest skiing conditions, as supplied by SnoCountry Mountain Reports. Conditions are subject to change due to weather, skier/rider traffic and other factors. Be aware of changing conditions. For more information go to http://www.snocountry.com:Thursday, April 12NORTHEASTConnecticutWoodbury _ Wed 10:15a c spring snow 1 - 20 base...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by David Novarr
26,843 words, approx. 90 pages
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.
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Critical Essay by P. G. Stanwood
12,870 words, approx. 43 pages
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.
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Critical Essay by William H. Epstein
12,129 words, approx. 40 pages
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.
 


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