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The Art of Angling

By Henry Hughes

Filled with humor, nostalgia, adventure, celebrations of the beauties of nature, & metaphors for the art of living, this is sure to lure anglers & lovers of poetry alike. Hughes offers a bountiful catch of poems from around the world & through the ages on every aspect of the beloved sport. 6.5x4 inches, 256 pgs.

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ISBN: 0-307-59703-2

EAN: 978-0-307-59703-8

Binding: Hardcover

Publish Date: 30/04/2011

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The Art of Angling offers a bountiful catch of poems from around the world & 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 & Shakespeare; poems by Donne, Goethe, Tennyson, & Yeats. Modern masterpieces abound as well, by the likes of Federico García Lorca, Elizabeth Bishop, Ted Hughes, Robert Lowell, Raymond Carver, Margaret Atwood, Audre Lorde, Richard Hugo, & Derek Walcott. In the hands of the poets collected here, fishing with a hook & line yields reflections both sparklingly light & awe-inspiringly deep. Filled with humor, nostalgia, adventure, celebrations of the beauties of nature, & metaphors for the art of living, The Art of Angling is sure to lure anglers & lovers of poetry alike.

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Weight 0.5 lbs
Dimensions 4.4 × 0.8 × 6.5 in

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