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The Poetics of Angling in Early Modern England

Part of the Perspectives on the Non-Human in Literature and Culture series
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Myra E. Wright takes ecocritical studies on an interdisciplinary turn toward the water with her new research monograph, The Poetics of Angling in Early Modern England.

Identifying the lively presence of both literal and metaphorical images of sportfishing in all kinds of early modern writing, this book identifies a deep sympathy between the art of angling and the art of writing, and examines the centrality of fish in early modern conceptions of humanity.

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Product Details
Routledge
0367664933 / 9780367664930
Paperback / softback
30/09/2020
United Kingdom
English
168 pages
23 cm