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.
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.
'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 investigation of lesser-studied texts and authors. In it, Philip Major has gone a long way toward filling the gaps in the literary historical record, gaps that are often occasioned by defeat and banishment.' Seventeenth-Century News '... thoughtful and thought-provoking study of the writing of exile occasioned by the English Revolution and the Crown's subsequent Restoration.' Renaissance Quarterly 'One of the scholars most fruitfully and diligently working in the past few years to improve our understanding of the psychological and literary effects of defeat, banishment and dislocation in early modern England has been Philip Major. His new book... is the enlightening and meticulous culmination of this work.' Christopher D'Addario, Gettysburg College, USA in Seventeenth-Century News 'Despite the plethora of literature that has been published on the English Revolution and Restoration over the years, the topic of exile during this most exciting period of British history remains an understudied area ... Major has posted many important questions.' The History Woman's Blog
