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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 García 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 humor, 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.
The price of "The Art Of Angling (Hardcover Book)" at Downtown Comics in Castleton is USD $18.00.
The publisher of "The Art Of Angling (Hardcover Book)" is Knopf Publishing.
The genres of "The Art Of Angling (Hardcover Book)" are Nature - Animals - Fish, Poetry - Anthologies (multiple authors), and Poetry - Subjects & Themes - Animals & Nature.
"The Art Of Angling (Hardcover Book)" falls under the category of Books (Hardcover).
The writer of "The Art Of Angling (Hardcover Book)" is Henry Hughes.
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