The Lives Of John Donne, Sir Henry Wotton, Richard Hooker, George Herbert & Robert Sanderson
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Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
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Few works in the English biographical tradition carry the quiet authority and intimate grace of Izaak Walton's collected Lives. Best known today as the author of The Compleat Angler, Walton here turns his contemplative gaze upon five remarkable figures of seventeenth-century England — the metaphysical poet and divine John Donne, the diplomat and man of letters Sir Henry Wotton, the judicious theologian Richard Hooker, the devotional poet George Herbert, and the moderate churchman Robert Sanderson — painting each portrait with a warmth and moral seriousness that transcends mere hagiography. Written across several decades of the seventeenth century, these biographical sketches are among the earliest and most celebrated examples of the form in English literature, prized for Walton's pellucid prose, his affectionate fidelity to his subjects, and his ability to illuminate a turbulent age of religious and political upheaval through the lens of individual conscience and faith. This edition, prepared with an introduction and notes by S. B. Carter and published by Falcon Educational Books of London, makes these enduring portraits accessible to a new generation of readers — inviting them to discover why Walton's Lives have never ceased to fascinate those who seek the intersection of faith, friendship, and literary art.
Author: Izaak Walton
Format: Hardback
Published: 1951, Falcon Educational Books
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Yellowed
Condition remarks: price clipped dj.
Few works in the English biographical tradition carry the quiet authority and intimate grace of Izaak Walton's collected Lives. Best known today as the author of The Compleat Angler, Walton here turns his contemplative gaze upon five remarkable figures of seventeenth-century England — the metaphysical poet and divine John Donne, the diplomat and man of letters Sir Henry Wotton, the judicious theologian Richard Hooker, the devotional poet George Herbert, and the moderate churchman Robert Sanderson — painting each portrait with a warmth and moral seriousness that transcends mere hagiography. Written across several decades of the seventeenth century, these biographical sketches are among the earliest and most celebrated examples of the form in English literature, prized for Walton's pellucid prose, his affectionate fidelity to his subjects, and his ability to illuminate a turbulent age of religious and political upheaval through the lens of individual conscience and faith. This edition, prepared with an introduction and notes by S. B. Carter and published by Falcon Educational Books of London, makes these enduring portraits accessible to a new generation of readers — inviting them to discover why Walton's Lives have never ceased to fascinate those who seek the intersection of faith, friendship, and literary art.