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The Art of Angling: Poems About Fishing

Hardback

Main Details

Title The Art of Angling: Poems About Fishing
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Dr Henry Hughes
SeriesEveryman's Library POCKET POETS
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:256
Dimensions(mm): Height 165,Width 110
Category/GenrePoetry anthologies
Fishing and angling
ISBN/Barcode 9781841597881
ClassificationsDewey:821.080357
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Everyman
Imprint Everyman's Library
Publication Date 25 March 2011
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

The Art of Angling offers a bountiful catch of poems from around the world and through the ages on every aspect of the beloved sport. Fishing has inspired a wealth of poetry-Tang Dynasty meditations; Japanese haiku; medieval rhymes; classic verses by Homer and Shakespeare; poems by Donne, Goethe, Tennyson, and Yeats. Modern masterpieces abound as well, by the likes of Federico Garcia Lorca, Elizabeth Bishop, Ted Hughes, Robert Lowell, Raymond Carver, Margaret Atwood, Audre Lorde, Richard Hugo, and Derek Walcott. In the hands of the poets collected here, fishing with a hook and line yields reflections both sparklingly light and awe-inspiringly deep. Filled with humour, nostalgia, adventure, celebrations of the beauties of nature, and metaphors for the art of living, The Art of Angling is sure to lure anglers and lovers of poetry alike.

Author Biography

Henry Hughes is a poet, essayist and professor of English at Western Oregon University. He has previously edited The Art of Angling: Poems about Fishing and Fishing Stories for Everyman's Library.