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First published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor and
Francis, an informa company.
As a diplomat in Renaissance Europe, and a luminary at the court of
Henry VII, Sir Thomas Wyatt wrote in an incestuous world where
everyone was uneasily subject to the royal whims and rages. Wyatt
had himself survived two imprisonments in the Tower as well as a
love affair with Anne Boleyn, and his poetry - that of an
extraordinarily sophisticated, passionate and vulnerable man -
reflects these experiences, making disguised reference to current
political events. Above all, though, Wyatt is known for his love
poetry, which often dramatizes incidents and remembered
conversations with his beloved, with an ear acutely sensitive to
patterns of rhythm and colloquial speech. Conveying the actuality
of betrayal or absence, and the intense pressure of his longing for
a love that could be trusted, these are some of the most haunting
poems in the English language.
Sir Thomas Wyatt, "the first great English lyric poet", remains one
of the most popular writer's of Henry VIII's court, and the most
romantic, given his entanglement with Anne Boleyn, which resulted -
legend has it - in some of his most passionate and vulnerable
poems. This book contains a representative selection of his work:
all the best-loved poems and many lesser-known pieces which
illuminate a complex and sophisticated sensibility. Hardiman Scott
sees Wyatt as a modern poet before his time and demonstrates the
impact he and his younger contemporary the Earl of Surrey had on
the development of English poetry. Wyatt introduced the sonnet,
terza rima and other Italian verse forms into English and invented
forms and processes of his own. Hardiman Scott's introduction and
notes illuminate Wyatt's importance as "a modern poet before his
time", "at a crossroads in English poetry", and provides a detailed
outline of the social and literary context in which Wyatt worked
and the impact he had on the development of English poetry.
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Tottel's Miscellany (Hardcover)
Richard Tottel; Created by Henry Howard Earl of Surrey; Thomas Wyatt
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Tottel's Miscellany
Richard Tottel; Created by Henry Howard Earl of Surrey; Thomas Wyatt
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