Shakespeare's Drama of Exile

By J Kingsley-Smith, Jane Kingsley-Smith Dr, J. Kingsley-Smith

Exile defines the Shakespearean canon, from The Two Gentlemen of Verona to The Two Noble Kinsmen . This book traces the influences on the drama of exile, examining the legal context of banishment (pursued against Catholics, gypsies and vagabonds) in early modern England; the self-consciousness of exile as an amatory trope; and the discourses by which exile could be reshaped into comedy or tragedy. Across genres, Shakespeare's plays reveal a fascination with exile as the source of linguistic crisis, shaped by the utterance of that word 'Banished'.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349432075
• ISBN13: 9781349432073
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"