In the following excerpt, Greenblatt analyzes the “intimate relationship between Wyatt's poetry and the forces that shape his identity,” notably politics, religion, and sexuality.

In the essay below, originally published in the second volume of Nott's 1815-16 edition of The Works of Henry Howard Earl of Surrey and of Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder, the critic charges that Wyatt lacked originality and skill with language. In the endnotes following this essay, Nott's original notes appear within parentheses; all others are Thomson's.

In the following essay, Holahan argues that Wyatt's translations of Petrarch's works altered them from private love poems to public declarations of allegiance.

In the essay which follows, Simpson contends that Wyatt and Surrey were writers operating within specific literary traditions, rather than the radical innovators they are often depicted to be.

In the essay below, Hobson contends that Wyatt employed concealment and evasion in his poetry as necessary means to present difficult truths.

In the following essay, Wyatt's conflicting attitudes toward the court are examined as a key to understanding his work.

In the excerpt below, Muir analyzes the canon of Wyatt's poetry, concluding that his original lyrics are his finest writings.

In the essay below, Halasz examines the importance of political and religious concerns in the Paraphrase of the Penitential Psalms.

In the following essay, Waller argues that in “Whoso list to hunt” “male selfhood” is achieved through the “denigration and exclusion” of women.

In the essay below, Watkins investigates the many levels on which Wyatt's works engaged Chaucer's.

In the following essay, Heale explores how proverbs influenced Wyatt's verse, particularly the poem “A spending hand.”

In the excerpt below, Hinely places Wyatt's psalms at the center of the canon of his works and explores their thematic relation to his secular lyrics.

In the following essay, Rosen commentds Wyatt's use of narrative time as an artistic reflection of the features of sixteenth-century England.

In the following essay, Kamholtz argues that the interplay between politics and love in Wyatt's poetry expresses the limits of Henry VW's court.

In the following essay, Kay analyzes the Chaucerian elements in Wyatt's “They flee from me,” in an effort to understand the effect of the poem on its original audience.

In the essay that follows, Wyatt's lyrics are read as literal expressions of his relationship to his lady as well as of his position in the court.

In the following essay, Wyatt's entire oevre is appraised highly as springing from the poetic centre of a man in the midst of turmoil.

In the following essay, Wyatt's satires are seen as disparate portraits of courtly life.

In the following essay, Merwin reevaluates Wyatt's work and life, bestowing credit where he believes it has been lacking.

In the essay which follows, Southall explores how the precarious life at court influenced Wyatt's poetry.

In the following essay, Glaser argues that Wyatt's choice of Petrarchan sonnets realistically reflects the moral beliefs of the late Renaissance period.

The following essay points to the complex and subtle patterns of repetition and refrain in Wyatt's poetry as proof of his lyrical mastery.

In the following essay, Wyatt's metrics are defended.

In the following essay, various attitudes toward love are explored in Wyatt's poetry.

In the essay below, Daalder explores the influence of Seneca on Wyatt, arguing that “Wyatt is the first major Senecan among Renaissance writers in England.” The first part of this essay, which first appeared in 1973, is reprinted above.

In the following essay, stability of mind is described as the "thing" Wyatt seeks.

In the following essay, Daalder examines the numerous appearances of the word “liberty” throughout Wyatt's works and maintains that the word is charged with “a profound emotional significance” for the poet and “indicates a psychological freedom from nervous tension.” A postscript to this essay, published in 1985, is reprinted below under that date.

In the following review of Muir and Thomson's updated edition of Wyatt's Collected Poems, the reviewer discusses newly discovered poems from the Blage manuscript.

In the following poems, Surrey pays homage to his friend Wyatt. The first three derive from undated manuscripts; the fourth was printed in 1542 under the title An excellent Epitaffe of syr Thomas Wyat.

In the following excerpt, which was originally published in Tottel's Songs and Sonettes, written by the ryght honorable Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other, the printer credits Wyatt with helping improve the beauty and power of the English language.