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- About this book
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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'.
- About the authors
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JANE KINGSLEY-SMITH completed her PhD at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, and is now Lecturer in Shakespeare and Renaissance Literature at the University of Hull. She has published a number of articles on Shakespeare and on his representation in film, and her wider research interests include the eighteenth-century novel and the works of Iris Murdoch.
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Shakespeare's Drama of Exile is a deftly woven study...admirably researched and judicious in its claims. - Shakespeare
'Kingsley-Smith draws attention to a prominent theme in early modern drama...a deftly- woven study...admirably researched and judicious in its claims.' - Mark Hutchings
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-30
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‘That One Word “Banishèd”’: Linguistic Crisis in Romeo and Juliet
Pages 31-55
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‘Still-Breeding Thoughts’: Richard II and the Exile’s Creative Failure
Pages 56-81
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Historical-Pastoral Exile in Henry IV Parts One and Two
Pages 82-105
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‘Hereafter, in a Better World than This’: the End of Exile in As You Like It and King Lear
Pages 106-136
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Shakespeare's Drama of Exile
- Authors
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- J. Kingsley-Smith
- Series Title
- Palgrave Shakespeare Studies
- Copyright
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4039-3843-5
- DOI
- 10.1057/9781403938435
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-333-99344-6
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-43207-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XII, 237
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