Captivating subjects writing confinement, citizenship, and nationhood in the nineteenth century / edited by Jason Haslam and Julia M. Wright.

Other author Wright, Julia M.
Other author Haslam, Jason, 1971-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoToronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press,
Descriptionviii, 270 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Imprisonment--Western countries. --History. --19th century. --Sources.
Imprisonment--Social aspects. --Western countries. --Sources.
Prisoners' writings--History and criticism.

Contents Being Jane Warton: Lady Constance Lytton and the disruption of privilege / Jason Haslam -- Form and authority in Russian serf narratives / John MacKay -- I, hereby, vow to read The interesting narrative / Tess Chakkalakal -- 'From the slums to the slums': the delimitation of social identity in late Victorian prison narratives / Frank Lauterbach -- 'Stone walls do (not) a prison make': rhetorical strategies and sentimentalism in the representation of the Victorian prison experience / Monika Fludernik -- 'National feeling' and the colonial prison: Teeling's Personal narrative / Julia M. Wright -- A nation in chains: Barbary captives and American identity / Jennifer Costello Brezina -- A prison officer and a gentleman: the prison inspector as imperialist hero in the writings of Major Arthur Griffiths (1838-1908) / Christine Marlin.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [241]-261) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2006272794
ISBN0802089682 (alk. paper)