02541nam 2200589 a 450 991078211050332120230721032903.01-281-95821-297866119582130-8032-1855-9(CKB)1000000000538598(EBL)452189(OCoLC)317754120(SSID)ssj0000184860(PQKBManifestationID)12011669(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000184860(PQKBWorkID)10206127(PQKB)11060057(MiAaPQ)EBC452189(Au-PeEL)EBL452189(CaPaEBR)ebr10312864(CaONFJC)MIL195821(EXLCZ)99100000000053859820080104d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrJail sentences[electronic resource] representing prison in twentieth-century French fiction /Andrew SobanetLincoln University of Nebraska Pressc20081 online resource (271 p.)StagesDescription based upon print version of record.0-8032-1379-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-239) 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; IndexA 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 cStagesFrench fiction20th centuryHistory and criticismPrisons in literatureFrench fictionHistory and criticism.Prisons in literature.843/.91093556Sobanet Andrew1477445MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782110503321Jail sentences3692620UNINA