The Complete Poems
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0140422277
ISBN13:9780140422276
Release Date:January 1989
Publisher:Penguin Group
Length:560 Pages
Weight:0.79 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 5.1" x 7.8"
Customer Reviews
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The authoritative work
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This is the authoritative book on the subject of this the first modern English Poet - more neglected than he ought to be - out of print in Europe - Wyat survived life as a courtier/diplomat in the court of Henry 8th - a king as corrupted by power as its possible to be - a 16th C saddam Hussein - and yet produced these deeeply sensitive poems.
One of the greatest poets in the English language
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 23 years ago
His voice still rings beautiful and true after five hundred years. What he has to say concerns our daily lives in this hard, competitive society as much as the intrigues of the Henrician court.
The first bright light of English Renaissance poetry
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
Wyatt is, quite simply, a brilliant poet, taking the Petrarchan love poem and adapting it to represent life in the promiscuous court of Henry VIII. And "They Flee from Me" is one of the greatest poems in the English language. Rebholz's introduction and notes make this THE edition for serious study of Wyatt's achievement.
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