Shakespeare's Drama of Exile

By Jane 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: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333993446
• ISBN13: 9780333993446
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 8.8"