Description
This richly researched biography explores the life and poetry of Thomas Wyatt, a pioneering voice of early modern English literature and a compelling figure at the court of Henry VIII. Moving through the volatile worlds of Tudor England and the princely courts of Europe, it examines Wyatt’s shifting allegiances, diplomatic missions, religious convictions, and complex relationships amid the upheavals of the Reformation. Susan Brigden brings together political history, literary interpretation, and intimate portraiture to illuminate the tensions between candor and secrecy, love and power, faith and survival. The result is a nuanced study of a poet whose fractured, searching voice reveals both the dangers of Tudor politics and the emergence of a new English sensibility.
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paperback
Faber & Faber, Incorporated
Published Jan 1, 2012
728 pages
ISBN: 9780571282081
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First Published
2012
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Thomas Wyatt by Susan Brigden.