The art of angling
Subtitle: poems about fishing
By: [edited by] Henry Hughes
Series: Everyman's library pocket poets
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780307597038
Subjects: POETRY / Anthologies (multiple authors); Fishing; Poetry
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 Garc&iacute;a 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"--

"An anthology of poems from around the world and through the ages on the subject of fishing"--
Notes: Includes index.