IZAAK WALTON'S THE COMPLEAT ANGLER: THE ART OF RECREATION. By Jonquil Bevan, Senior Lecturer in English, University of Edinburgh.

Bevan (Jonquil).

ISBN 10: 0710812582 / ISBN 13: 9780710812582

Published by The Harvester Press. Brighton, Sussex. 1988, 1988

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1988). 1988 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 222mm). Ppxii,147. Illustrated from old engravings, bibliography. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt. Ex-library with some withdrawn stamps but generally a very clean copy in dust-wrapper. Jonquil Bevan edited the 1983 Oxford University Press edition of the Compleat Angler. In this commentary she seeks to increase the appreciation and enjoyment of The Angler by placing it in its larger historical context. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: IZAAK WALTON'S THE COMPLEAT ANGLER: THE ART OF RECREATION. By Jonquil Bevan, Senior Lecturer in English, University of Edinburgh.
• Publisher: The Harvester Press. Brighton, Sussex. 1988
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0710812582
• ISBN 13: 9780710812582
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition

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Review

For a book to stay in print for nearly 350 years, its merits must continually entice and satisfy. The Compleat Angler qualifies on both counts. On the most obvious level, it remains as good a primer on fishing as any angler would want. But its most enduring distinction is hinted at in the subtitle--"the Contemplative Man's Recreation." Izaak Walton's sometimes convoluted 17th-century grammar can still reel in our imaginations with his graceful evocations of a life free from hurly-burly in the company of friends intent on physical and moral sustenance. "He that hopes to be a good Angler must not only bring an inquiring, searching, observing wit," suggests the master, "but he must bring a large measure of hope and patience.... Doubt not but Angling will prove to be so pleasant, that it will prove to be like a virtue, a reward to itself." Just like Walton's magnificent literary catch. --Jeff Silverman