An edition of Prison Life Writing (2021)
Prison Life Writing
Conversion and the Literary Roots of the U. S. Prison System
By Simon Rolston
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Publish Date
2021
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Language
eng
Pages
301
Description:
>***Prison Life Writing* is the first full-length study of one of the most controversial genres in American literature. By exploring the complicated relationship between life writing and institutional power, this book reveals the overlooked aesthetic innovations of incarcerated people and the surprising literary roots of the U.S. prison system.** - [publisher](https://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/P/Prison-Life-Writing)