Smith, Caleb.

The Prison and the American Imagination. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (268 pages) - Yale Studies in English Series . - Yale Studies in English Series .

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Poetics of Punishment -- PART ONE: BURIED ALIVE -- 1 Civil Death and Carceral Life -- 2 Cadaverous Triumphs -- PART TWO: BORN AGAIN -- 3 The Meaning of Solitude -- 4 Captivity and Consciousness -- PART THREE: AFTERLIVES -- 5 Mississippi Voices -- 6 Frontiers of Captivity -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.

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9780300156300


Imprisonment in literature.


Electronic books.

PS169.I47S65 2009

810.9/9206927