VThe Early Sixteenth Century.

This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of critical scholarship on early Tudor literature in 2022, focusing on prose, verse, and key figures such as John Skelton, Henry Howard (earl of Surrey), Sir Thomas Wyatt, and Thomas More. It highlights significant publications including *The Death Arts in Renaissance England*, which explores Tudor texts on death and mortality, and *The Oxford History of Poetry in English, volume 4*, which examines sixteenth-century British poetry and its transitions from medieval to Tudor forms. The chapter also discusses recent studies on biblical translations and Reformation debates involving William Tyndale and Thomas More, as well as new insights into More’s humanist writings and dramatic representations. Additionally, it addresses scholarly reassessments of Skelton’s poetic authority, Surrey’s metrical innovations, and Wyatt’s adaptation of Petrarchan themes within the political context of the Henrician court.