Reading prisoners : literature, literacy, and the transformation of American punishment, 1700-1845 /

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Shining new light on early American prison literature-from its origins in last words, dying warnings, and gallows literature to its later works of autobiography, exposé, and imaginative literature-Reading Prisoners weaves together insights about the rise of the early American penitentiary, the hist...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Schorb, Jodi, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2014]
Series:Critical issues in crime and society.
Subjects:
Corrections > United States > History.
Prisoners as authors > United States > History.
Literacy programs > United States > History.
Prisoners > Education > United States > History.
Services correctionnels > États-Unis > Histoire.
Écrivains prisonniers > États-Unis > Histoire.
Prisonniers > Éducation > États-Unis > Histoire.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Corrections.
Literacy programs.
Prisoners as authors.
Prisoners > Education.
United States.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Series Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. A Is for Aardvark
  • Part One. Literacy in the Eighteenth-Century Gaol
  • 1. Books Behind Bars
  • 2. Crime, Ink
  • Part Two. Literacy in the Early Penitentiary
  • 3. What Shall a Convict Do
  • 4. Written by One Who Knows
  • Afterword. Good Convict, Good Citizen?
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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