Environment, Society, and The Compleat Angler

Analyzes the environmental and social complexities of Izaak Walton's famous fishing treatise The Compleat Angler. Examines the complex portrayal of the natural world through an ecocritical lens and explores other neglected aspects of Walton's writings, including his depictions of social hierarchy, gender, and sexuality.

About the author

Marjorie Swann is Professor of English at Ottawa University. She is the author of Curiosities and Texts: The Culture of Collecting in Early Modern England and editor of a new critical edition of The Compleat Angler (Oxford University Press, 2014).

Summary

Analyzes the environmental and social complexities of Izaak Walton’s famous fishing treatise The Compleat Angler. Examines the complex portrayal of the natural world through an ecocritical lens and explores other neglected aspects of Walton’s writings, including his depictions of social hierarchy, gender, and sexuality.

Product details

• Authors: Marjorie (Ottawa University) Swann, Swann Marjorie
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 20.06.2023
• EAN: 9780271095196
• ISBN: 978-0-271-09519-6
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 540 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Series: Cultural Inquiries in English Literature, 1400-1700; Cultural Inquiries in English Literature, 1400–1700
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; NATURE / General, natural history, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, The environment, Science / Environmental Science, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Nature and the natural world: general interest, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800