Well, the first segment of that was pretty much class notes and a very little discussion. I could pass them on, but they're kind of general.
Right now I'm reading a loose biography of Sir Thomas Wyatt, who was a roustabout courtier, an ambassador, periodically put in jail or on trial for possible treachery, the lover of Anne Boleyn before the King's special interest in her made him decide very quickly to drop her (Among other lovers), and the writer and translator of a great deal of poetry -- songs and sonnets. The reason for the biography (And, i suspect, the oft-cited book of his letters I'm goignt o have to track down is because theis biography is one meant to emphasize just how his life in court ifluenced what he wrote (beyond the obvious metric ton of poems about having lost the girl he wanted).
Re: Courtly Squee! <bounce> *FLUFF*
Date: 2006-10-02 04:30 am (UTC)Right now I'm reading a loose biography of Sir Thomas Wyatt, who was a roustabout courtier, an ambassador, periodically put in jail or on trial for possible treachery, the lover of Anne Boleyn before the King's special interest in her made him decide very quickly to drop her (Among other lovers), and the writer and translator of a great deal of poetry -- songs and sonnets. The reason for the biography (And, i suspect, the oft-cited book of his letters I'm goignt o have to track down is because theis biography is one meant to emphasize just how his life in court ifluenced what he wrote (beyond the obvious metric ton of poems about having lost the girl he wanted).