Wyatt and "Liberty"
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1973
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Daalder, Joost
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Oxford University Press
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In this article, Professor Daalder discusses how the word 'liberty' represents more than merely a state in which the lover is not a 'thrall' who is 'bound' to a woman he 'serves' according to a conventional code of courtly love. He explains that 'liberty' is, in a number of instances, instead a word charged with what must to Wyatt have seemed a profound emotional significance, and indicates a psychological freedom from nervous tension.
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Renaissance poetry
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Daalder, Joost 1973. Wyatt and "Liberty". 'Essays in Criticism', vol.23, no.1, 63-67.