Author

Contributions

  • Hodge, Thomas P. - Contributor

Publication

1997 - Northwestern University Press, Evanston, Ill, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

58,000 words, Guess

Page Count

232 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL668345M
  • ISBN-10081011366X
  • OCLC Control Number36739605
  • Library of Congress Control Number97014128
  • Goodreads1485858

Classifications

  • DDC799.1
  • LCCSH633 .A5713 1997

Description

"Notes on Fishing was Sergei Aksakov's first book, and Russia's first angling treatise. Notes, which has been compared to Izaak Walton's The Compleat Angler, presents a Russian gentleman's affectionate observations on the fishing tackle, angling techniques, and fish species he came to know during five decades of adventure-filled fishing in the vast Russian steppe and environs of Moscow.". "Notes on Fishing, however, goes beyond more discourse on angling; it offers a rich multitude of viewpoints: philosophical, literary, linguistic, ethnographic, biological, and conservationist. Aksakov has imbued his notes with a deep fondness for the Russian land and an expertly conveyed atmosphere of personal and national nostalgia."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

Topics

FishesFishingFishing storiesFishes -- Russia.Fishing -- Russia.

Places

Series Statement

  • Studies in Russian literature and theory

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