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Environment, Society, and The Compleat Angler (Hardcover)
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Environment, Society, and The Compleat Angler (Hardcover)
Series: Cultural Inquiries in English Literature, 1400–1700
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First published in 1653, The Compleat Angler is one of the most
influential environmental texts ever written. Addressing a
politically and religiously polarized nation devastated by warfare,
disease, ecological degradation, and climate change, Izaak
Walton’s famous fishing treatise stages a radical thought
experiment: how might humanity’s enhanced relationship with the
natural world generate a new kind of sustaining—and
sustainable—social order beyond the traditional boundaries of the
church, the state, and the biological family? Challenging the
current scholarly consensus that reads Walton’s how-to manual as
a conservative polemic camouflaged by fishlore, Marjorie Swann
examines this richly complicated 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. In the process, Swann analyzes a host of
noncanonical environmental texts and provides a groundbreaking
reappraisal of Charles Cotton’s “Part II” of The Compleat
Angler. This study extends the hydrological turn in early modern
ecocriticism and demonstrates how, as a genre, angling manuals
provide new insights into the environmental, cultural, social, and
literary history of early modern England. Taking its place
alongside landmark works of ecocriticism such as Green Shakespeare
and Milton and Ecology, this fresh and timely reassessment of The
Compleat Angler rightly ranks Izaak Walton among the most important
environmental writers of the early modern era.
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Imprint: |
Pennsylvania State University Press
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Series: |
Cultural Inquiries in English Literature, 1400–1700 |
Release date: |
June 2023 |
Firstpublished: |
2023 |
Authors: |
Marjorie Swann
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
270 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-271-09519-6 |
Categories: |
Books >
Earth & environment >
The environment >
Environmentalist thought & ideology
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LSN: |
0-271-09519-9 |
Barcode: |
9780271095196 |
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