Notes on Fishing and Selected Fishing Prose and Poetry. Questo articolo non è disponibile.Notes on Fishing and Selected Fishing Prose and Poetry

Notes on Fishing was Sergei Aksakov's first book and Russia's first angling treatise. It presents a Russian gentleman's 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 the environs of Moscow. But it is goes beyond a mere discourse on angling, offering philosophical, literary, linguistic, ethnographic, biological, and conservationist observations. Aksakov has imbued his notes with a deep fondness for the land and an expertly conveyed atmosphere of personal and national nostalgia.

Sergei Aksakov (1791 - 1859) took up writing late in life, under the influence of his good friend Gogol. He was widely acknowledged as a master of Russian prose.

Thomas P. Hodge is assistant professor of Russian literature and language at Wellesley College.