The Art of Angling by Henry Hughes

The Art of Angling by Henry Hughes

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.

Henry Hughes grew up on Long Island, New York, and has lived in Oregon since 2002. His poems and essays have been featured in Antioch Review, Carolina Quarterly, Shenandoah, Seattle Review, Gray's Sporting Journal, and Harvard Review. He is the author of three collections of poetry, including Men Holding Eggs and Moist Meridian, and the editor of the Everyman's Library anthologies The Art of Angling: Poems about Fishing and Fishing Stories. Hughes is a professor of literature and writing at Western Oregon University and resides in Monmouth, Oregon.

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ISBN 13	9780307597038
ISBN 10	0307597032
Title	The Art of Angling
Author	Henry Hughes
Series	Everyman's Library Pocket Poets Series
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2011-04-05
Number of pages	256
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