Shakespeare's Drama of Exile, Paperback by Kingsley-smith, J., Like New Used,...

by J. Kingsley-Smith

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Shakespeare's Drama of Exile, Paperback by Kingsley-smith, J., ISBN 1349432075, ISBN-13 9781349432073, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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'.

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan The Limited
• Year: 2003
• Binding: Paperback
• ISBN: 9781349432073
• Condition: Fine

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