Download or read book Sir Thomas Wyatt and the Rhetoric of Rewriting written by Chris Stamatakis and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study reappraises Sir Thomas Wyatt (c.1504-1542) as a poetic innovator. It discusses Wyatt's reflections on the writing process, and his awareness of how words can be turned in new directions - that is, rewritten, amended, transformed, manipulated, even performed - over the course of a text's production, transmission, and reception.