Wyatt, Surrey, and Early Tudor PoetryLongman, 1998 - 217 Seiten For the courtiers of King Henry VIII, the writing of verse was a sign of a ready wit and social gracefulness. But their verse could also give coded expression to desires and resentments produced by competition amongst an elite for the favour of an increasingly tyrannical king. This study focuses primarily on the work of the two most successful courtier poets, Sir Thomas Wyatt (c.1503-1542) and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547). Although Surrey admired and imitated Wyatt, each represents a significantly different element in the Henrician court. Wyatt was a 'new man', rising in the service of the King, while Surrey was a member of the old peerage, jealous of the erosion of traditional powers and privileges. The book offers readings of the full range of each man's writing, from amorous Italianate songs and sonnets, to classicizing epigrams and satires, and Reformist psalm paraphrases. The poetry is considered in the contexts of their careers, of the writing of contemporaries, and of the political and social conditions within which they lived. Dr Heale's analysis makes it clear that the lightest court song is often freighted with complex significance, while the poems of plain-speaking reflection prove to be wily approximations of the truth. This accessible and informative text will be a helpful resource for both undergraduate and postgraduate students of English literature and history, especially those taking courses on Renaissance and Early Modern writing, Tudor literature, and the Tudor court. -- Book cover. |
Inhalt
Introduction | 1 |
The Kings Service | 7 |
Wyatts diplomacy | 14 |
Urheberrecht | |
14 weitere Abschnitte werden nicht angezeigt.
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
adage Alamanni amorous Anne Boleyn Aretino balets biblical Blage Brigden Cambridge University Press Casady Castiglione Chicago chivalric classical court courtier courtly balets courtly love courtly verse David Devonshire discussion doth Earl of Surrey Early Tudor edition elegy England English example faith Francis Bryan frottola grace harp hath Henrician Henry Howard Henry VIII Henry's honour idealized Italian John Poyntz Jones king lady language Latin lines Literary Literature London Lord lover lute male manuscript Mason Medieval moral penitence penitential psalms Petrarch's Petrarchan Petrarchan sonnet plain poem's poet political praise prologue proverbs psalm paraphrases Quoted Reformed Renaissance rhetoric Rime seems Serafino Sir Francis Bryan Sir Thomas Wyatt sixteenth century Skelton social song speaker stanza strambotto style suggests Surrey's thou Tottel's Miscellany trans translation Tudor Period vernacular voice vols women words Wyatt and Surrey Wyatt's paraphrase Wyatt's poems Wyatt's poetry Wyatt's satire