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Haunted by waters : fly fishing in North American literature
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Browning, Mark.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature--History and crticism.
- Canadian literature--History and criticism.
- Fishing stories--History and criticism.
- Fly fishing in literature.
- Fly fishing.
- Masculinity in literature.
- Men in literature.
- North America--Intellectual life.
- American literature--History and criticism.
- American literature.
- Fly fishing in literature--History and criticism.
- Canadian literature.
- Fishing stories.
- North America.
- Local Subjects:
- American literature--History and crticism.
- Canadian literature--History and criticism.
- Fishing stories--History and criticism.
- Fly fishing in literature.
- Fly fishing.
- Masculinity in literature.
- Men in literature.
- North America--Intellectual life.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (294 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, OH : Ohio University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Chapter 1: The View from Midstream; Interlude 1: The Frog; Chapter 2: Upstream: The European Fork; Interlude 2: The Dangler; Chapter 3: Upstream: The American Fork; Interlude 3: False Casts; Chapter 4: The Confluence: Roderick Haig-Brown; Interlude 4: First Casts; Chapter 5: Big Two-Hearted Writer: Part One; Interlude 5: The Hanging; Chapter 6: Big Two-Hearted Writer: Part Two; Interlude 6: The House Divided; Chapter 7: A Visit to The River Why; Interlude 7: The End of the Rainbow; Chapter 8: How I Fished and What I Fished For; Interlude 8: Crane Creek
- Chapter 9: Ichthys und DuInterlude 9: The Connection; Chapter 10: The View Downstream; Aftermath; Chapter 11: Rivers to the Sea; Works Cited; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9780821440391
- 082144039X
- OCLC:
- 889676546
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