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My King, My Country, Alone for Whom I Live : The Pragmatic Imperatives of Sir Thomas Wyatt's Verse
Author(s) -
Robinson Jon
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
literature compass
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.158
H-Index - 4
ISSN - 1741-4113
DOI - 10.1111/j.1741-4113.2006.00384.x
Subject(s) - criticism , honesty , poetry , context (archaeology) , literature , politics , pragmatics , psychology , sovereignty , philosophy , art , history , law , linguistics , social psychology , political science , archaeology
This article surveys and critically engages with past and present criticism concerning the ‘honesty’ of Sir Thomas Wyatt and the acceptance of his verse as subversive literature. It analyses previous criticism within the context that Wyatt's poetry was a form of courtly performance and poetic dissemination that was charged with the political and personal pragmatics of both the poet and his sovereign, Henry VIII.