Jail sentences [[electronic resource] ] : representing prison in twentieth-century French fiction / / Andrew Sobanet
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| Autore: |
Sobanet Andrew
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| Titolo: |
Jail sentences [[electronic resource] ] : representing prison in twentieth-century French fiction / / Andrew Sobanet
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| Pubblicazione: | Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (271 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 843/.91093556 |
| Soggetto topico: | French fiction - 20th century - History and criticism |
| Prisons in literature | |
| 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 |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Jail sentences |
| ISBN: | 1-281-95821-2 |
| 9786611958213 | |
| 0-8032-1855-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910782110503321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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