Haunted By Waters: Fly Fishing In North American Literature
Ohio University Press, 1998
Cloth: 978-0-8214-1218-3 | eISBN: 978-0-8214-4039-1 | Paper: 978-0-8214-1219-0
Library of Congress Classification PS169.F56B76 1998
Dewey Decimal Classification 810.9355
Cloth: 978-0-8214-1218-3 | eISBN: 978-0-8214-4039-1 | Paper: 978-0-8214-1219-0
Library of Congress Classification PS169.F56B76 1998
Dewey Decimal Classification 810.9355
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
Four essential questions: Why does one fish? How should one properly fish? What relations are created in fishing? And what effects does fishing have on the future? Haunted by Waters is a self-examination by the author as he constructs his own narrative and tries to answer these questions for himself. But it is also a thorough examination of the answers he uncovers in the course of reading what's been written on the subject.
As his own story unfolds, Mark Browning analyzes angling literature from the Bible to Norman Maclean, always bringing his inquiry back to the same source: the enigma of this sport.
Haunted by Waters is an exploration of the apparent compulsion of those who fish not only to read about the sport, but to write about it as well. Mark Browning's personal account as a fly fisherman and his perspective as a critic make him uniquely qualified to navigate these waters.
As his own story unfolds, Mark Browning analyzes angling literature from the Bible to Norman Maclean, always bringing his inquiry back to the same source: the enigma of this sport.
Haunted by Waters is an exploration of the apparent compulsion of those who fish not only to read about the sport, but to write about it as well. Mark Browning's personal account as a fly fisherman and his perspective as a critic make him uniquely qualified to navigate these waters.
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