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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453744903321

Autore

Sobanet Andrew

Titolo

Jail sentences [[electronic resource] ] : representing prison in twentieth-century French fiction / / Andrew Sobanet

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008

ISBN

1-281-95821-2

9786611958213

0-8032-1855-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (271 p.)

Collana

Stages

Disciplina

843/.91093556

Soggetti

French fiction - 20th century - History and criticism

Prisons in literature

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-239) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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