Shakespeare's Drama of Exile
| Author | : J. Kingsley-Smith |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 2003-11-05 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9781403938435 |
| ISBN-10 | : 1403938431 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (31 Downloads) |
Download or read book Shakespeare's Drama of Exile written by J. Kingsley-Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-11-05 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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'.
