| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 254 pages). |
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text file |
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Stages
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Stages (Series)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Everyman in Prison; 2. A Pariah's Paradise; 3. A Recidivist's Tale; 4. Corrected Inmates, Corrected Texts; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
A long list of canonical writers in Western literature have experienced incarceration and have subsequently written celebrated works about the imprisoned and the condemned. The French tradition is no exception: writers who produced noteworthy texts while incarcerated or who later wrote about their experiences in prison are found on the literary-historical landscape from the medieval era through the twentieth century. Prison writing by inmates, former guards, chaplains, teachers, and doctors is firmly established as part of the fabric of popular culture and has long attracted the attention of c. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
French fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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French fiction. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Prisons in literature.
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Prisons in literature. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sobanet, Andrew. Jail sentences. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2008000411 |
| ISBN |
0803218559 (electronic book) |
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9780803218550 (electronic book) |
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0803213794 (Cloth) |
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9780803213791 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
9786611958213 |
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