The poet and the queen: Thomas Wyatt and Anne Boleyn in historical biofiction

Stephanie Russo

doi:10.1080/08989575.2020.1775986

The poet and the queen: Thomas Wyatt and Anne Boleyn in historical biofiction

Stephanie Russo^*

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Department of English

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This essay investigates a number of historical biofictions about the Tudor poet Thomas Wyatt’s relationship with Anne Boleyn, arguing that the persistent drive to read Boleyn into Wyatt’s verse represents an understanding of literature as a confessional mode. Wyatt becomes the Romantic poet-genius, inspired by his muse, Anne Boleyn.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	65-91
Number of pages	27
Journal	a/b: Auto/Biography Studies
Volume	36
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08989575.2020.1775986
Publication status	Published - 2021

Keywords

Anne Boleyn
authorship
biofiction
historical fiction
Thomas Wyatt

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