TY - BOOK ID - 77889105 TI - Fishers' craft and lettered art PY - 1997 SN - 1281997447 9786611997441 144267492X 9781442674929 9780802008695 0802008690 0802008690 0802078532 9780802078537 1487586787 PB - Toronto, Ont. University of Toronto Press DB - UniCat KW - Fishing KW - Angling KW - Recreational fishing KW - Sport fishing KW - Sportfishing KW - Aquatic sports KW - Wildlife-related recreation KW - Fishes KW - Early works to 1800. KW - History KW - Sources. KW - Early works to 1800 UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77889105 AB - Fishers' Craft and Lettered Art provides editions, English translations, and analysis from social, cultural, and environmental perspectives of the three oldest European extended tracts on fishing. Richard Hoffmann discusses the history of fishing in popular culture and outlines the economic and ecologic considerations needed to examine and understand the fishing manuals. Hoffmann further explores how continental fishing traditions were conveyed from oral craft practice into printed culture, and proposes that these manuals demonstrate a lively and complex interaction between written texts and popular culture. The tracts are presented in their original languages - Spanish and German - with facing page translations. Close attention is paid to original setting, functions, and possible range of readings, with detailed explanatory notes to help modern fishers and historians.Fishers' Craft and Lettered Art is a fascinating look at one vital aspect of everyday life at the end of the Middle Ages. ER -