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Jeff Dolven on Sir Thomas Wyatt ("They Flee from Me") Close Readings
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"Dear heart, how like you this?" There's really nothing better than that, is there? I talked to Jeff Dolven [https://jdolven.princeton.edu/] about Sir Thomas Wyatt's gorgeous poem "They Flee from Me [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45589/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 [https://english.princeton.edu/people/jeff-dolven], 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 [https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo27315203.html] (Chicago, 2018), and two books of poetry: Speculative Music [https://www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/speculative-music-jeff-dolven] (Sarabande, 2013) and *A New English Grammar [https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9798986799001/a-new-english-grammar.aspx?bCategory=1SP] (dispersed holdings, 2022).
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"Dear heart, how like you this?" There's really nothing better than that, is there? I talked to Jeff Dolven [https://jdolven.princeton.edu/] about Sir Thomas Wyatt's gorgeous poem "They Flee from Me [https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45589/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 [https://english.princeton.edu/people/jeff-dolven], 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 [https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/S/bo27315203.html] (Chicago, 2018), and two books of poetry: Speculative Music [https://www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/speculative-music-jeff-dolven] (Sarabande, 2013) and *A New English Grammar [https://www.spdbooks.org/Products/9798986799001/a-new-english-grammar.aspx?bCategory=1SP] (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 [https://kamranjavadizadeh.substack.com/], where you'll get updates on the podcast.
1 hr 47 min