Shakespeare's Drama of Exile

Shakespeare's Drama of Exile
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 250
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ISBN-10 : 9781403938435
ISBN-13 : 1403938431
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Book Synopsis Shakespeare's Drama of Exile by : J. Kingsley-Smith

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'.


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