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Jeff Dolven on Sir Thomas Wyatt ("They Flee from Me")

Jeff Dolven on Sir Thomas Wyatt ("They Flee from Me")

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Jeff Dolven on Sir Thomas Wyatt ("They Flee from Me")

FromClose Readings

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Length:
107 minutes
Released:
Aug 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

"Dear heart, how like you this?" There's really nothing better than that, is there? I talked to Jeff Dolven about Sir Thomas Wyatt's gorgeous poem "They Flee from Me." It's one of the hottest poems I know, and after talking to Jeff I know it much better.  Jeff Dolven is Professor of English at Princeton University, where he teaches courses in poetry and poetics, especially of the English Renaissance. He is the author of three books of criticism, including, most recently, Senses of Style: Poetry before Interpretation (Chicago, 2018), and two books of poetry: Speculative Music (Sarabande, 2013) and *A New English Grammar (dispersed holdings, 2022). Please follow, rate, and review the podcast if you like what you hear. Share the episode with a friend! And subscribe to my Substack, where you'll get updates on the podcast.
Released:
Aug 14, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (49)

One poem. One guest. Each episode, Kamran Javadizadeh, a poetry critic and professor of English, talks to a different leading scholar of poetry about a single short poem that the guest has loved. You'll have a chance to see the poem from the expert's perspective—and also to think about some big questions: How do poems work? What can they make happen? How might they change our lives?