Home › Essays › Introduction to the Compleat Angler
Introduction to the Compleat Angler
About this book
An introductory essay by Andrew Lang on Izaak Walton's *The Compleat Angler*, the seventeenth-century work on fishing and country life. It will interest readers of Walton, students of English literature, and anyone exploring Lang's critical essays.
Andrew Lang
Andrew Lang was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Portrait: via Wikipedia (see source).
More by Andrew Lang
Browse all →
Aucassin and Nicolete
Andrew Lang
The Grey Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
The Lilac Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
Angling Sketches
Andrew Lang
The Odyssey of Homer
751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · S. H. (Samuel Henry) Butcher +1
How to Fail in Literature: A Lecture
Andrew Lang
The Crimson Fairy Book
Andrew Lang
The Iliad
751? BCE-651? BCE Homer · Andrew Lang +2
