Writings of Exile in the English Revolution and Restoration [Paperback]

Writings of Exile in the English Revolution and Restoration opens a window onto exile in the years 1640-1680, as it is experienced across a broad spectrum of political and religious allegiances, and communicated through a rich variety of genres. Examining previously undiscovered and understudied as well as canonical writings, it challenges conventional paradigms which assume a neat demarcation of chronology, geography and allegiance in this seminal period of British and American history. Crossing disciplinary lines, it casts new light on how the ruptures -- and in some cases liberation -- of exile in these years both reflected and informed events in the public sphere. It also lays bare the personal, psychological and familial repercussions of exile, and their attendant literary modes, in terms of both inner, mental withdrawal and physical displacement.Contents: Introduction; Edward Hyde: case study of a Royalist exile; Ceremony and grief in the Royalist exile; Royalist internal exile; Exile in the Restoration: William Goffe in New England; Conclusion; Works cited; Index.Offering fresh interpretations of exile in the English Revolution and Restoration, this study explores the personal, political and religious ramifications of displacement, and shines a torch on the rich variety of literary modes through which it is articulated. Examining previously unstudied as well as canonical writings, it challenges conventional paradigms positing neat dividing lines of chronology, geography and allegiance in this seminal period of British and American history.Philip Major teaches English at Birkbeck College, University of London. He has published widely on seventeenth-century literature and is currently editing a volume of essays on Thomas Killigrew.'Writings of Exile in the English Revolution and Restoration is an impressive study of the exiles that numerous Englishmen and women underwent, one that scholars of the seventeenth century will find valuable for its close and nuanced lÓ*