Biography. Walton was born at Stafford in c. 1593. The register of his baptism on 21 September 1593 gives his father's name as Jervis, or Gervase.His father, who was an innkeeper as well as a landlord of a tavern, died before Izaak was three, being buried in February 1596/7 as Jarvicus Walton.His mother then married another innkeeper by the name of Bourne, who later ran the …

Isaac Asimov (/ ˈ æ z ɪ m ɒ v / AZ-ih-mov; c. January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University.During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke. A prolific writer, he wrote or edited more than 500 books. He also wrote an …

Pour plus de détails, voir Fiche technique et Distribution Et au milieu coule une rivière (A River Runs Through It), ou La Rivière du sixième jour au Québec , est un film américain réalisé par Robert Redford , sorti en 1992 . Il est adapté de la nouvelle La Rivière du sixième jour de Norman Maclean . Synopsis [modifier | modifier le code] Les frères Maclean, Norman et Paul ...

Richard Hooker (25 March 1554 – 2 November 1600) was an English priest in the Church of England and an influential theologian. He was one of the most important English theologians of the sixteenth century. His defence of the role of redeemed reason informed the theology of the seventeenth-century Caroline Divines and later provided many members of the Church of …

Als „Väter“ der Angler bzw. der Angelliteratur gelten die beiden Engländer Izaac Walton und Charles Cotton. Hans Eiber: Angelwissen auf einen Blick. Daten und Fakten für Praxis und Prüfung. BLV München, 2011 ISBN 978-3-405-16178-1. Hans Eiber: Angelknoten & Vorfachmontagen. BLV München, 2010 ISBN 978-3-8354-0678-0.

The term Metaphysical poets was coined by the critic Samuel Johnson to describe a loose group of 17th-century English poets whose work was characterised by the inventive use of conceits, and by a greater emphasis on the spoken rather than lyrical quality of their verse.These poets were not formally affiliated and few were highly regarded until 20th century attention established their …

Le Parfait Pêcheur à la ligne (titre original en anglais : The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man’s Recreation) est un traité écrit par l’auteur anglais Izaac Walton et publié en 1653, puis complété par Charles Cotton en 1676 (dans les Instructions pour la pêche de la truite ou de l'ombre en eau claire).L’œuvre aborde le thème de la pêche à la ligne sous la forme d ...

La literatura inglesa es toda aquella escrita en lengua inglesa, independientemente de la procedencia de sus autores.Bajo esta denominación se reúnen obras escritas en inglés antiguo, inglés medieval, inglés moderno e inglés contemporáneo, así como aquellas escritas en las variedades dialectales que el idioma actual tiene alrededor del mundo.

John Donne (/ d ʌ n / DUN; 22 January 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England. Under royal patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London (1621–1631). He is considered the preeminent representative of the metaphysical poets.His …

Là où Shakespeare traite, en passant, des serpents et des crocodiles formés à partir de la boue du Nil dans Antoine et Cléopâtre (2.7 F1), Izaac Walton soulève à nouveau la question de l’origine des anguilles dans le Parfait Pêcheur à la ligne quand « les rats et les souris, et de nombreuses autres créatures vivantes, naissent en ...