Henry Howard, the Poet Earl of Surrey A Life

The first comprehensive biography of Henry Howard, this book fills a major gap in the history of early modern British culture. Sessions's narrative combines historical scholarship with close readings of poetic texts and Tudor paintings to reveal the unique life of the first Renaissance courtier and a poet who wrote and created radically new forms (such as the English sonnet and blank verse).

Portrait of the Earl of Surrey at Arundel Castle

Preface

ix

Abbreviations

xiii

Genealogy of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

xiv

Prologue

1

(10)

PART I The Burning City

The Fathers: Two Battles

11

(30)

The Mother

41

(28)

The Other Henry: Windsor and France

69

(39)

The Deaths of 1536

108

(35)

PART II Building a New Rome

Mount Surrey

143

(32)

The Audience at Surrey House: Lyrics and Lives

175

(25)

The Countess of Surrey

200

(17)

Imprisonments

217

(23)

A New Body of Honour: Sir Thomas Wyatt

240

(20)

The Origins of Blank Verse

260

(28)

`Lieutenant General of the King'

288

(31)

The Shame of St Etienne

319

(14)

PART III `Enough Survives'

Surrey's Last Portrait

333

(19)

The Final Days

352

(36)

`Retailed to Posterity': A Conclusion

388

(31)

Bibliography

419

(23)

Index

442

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Henry Howard, the Poet Earl of Surrey A Life

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