British romanticism and prison reform / Jonas Cope.
| Author/creator | Cope, Jonas |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press, 2024. |
| Description | volumes cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Transits: literature, thought & culture, 1650-1850 |
| Contents | Solidary confinement: "this lime-tree bower is my prison" -- William Goodwin, "mild coercion," and the happy prison tradition -- The descent of liberty: Leigh Hunt in Surry Gaol -- Keats, Byron, and the idea of transformative confinement -- John Clare: the Romantic ascent -- Jane Austen and penitential space. |
| Abstract | "In eighteenth-century Britain, criminals were routinely whipped, branded, hanged, or transported to America. Only in the last quarter of the century-with the War of American Independence and legal and sociopolitical challenges to capital punishment-did the criminal justice system change, resulting in the reformed prison, or penitentiary, meant to educate, rehabilitate, and spiritualize even hardened felons. This volume is the first to explore the relationship between historical penal reform and Romantic-era literary texts by luminaries such as Godwin, Keats, Byron, and Jane Austen. The works examined here treat incarceration as ambiguous: prison walls oppress and reinforce the arbitrary power of legal structures but can also heighten meditation, intensify the imagination, and awaken the conscience. Jonas Cope skillfully traces the important ideological work these texts attempt: to reconcile a culture devoted to freedom with the birth of the modern prison system that presents punishment as a form of rehabilitation. Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2024015303 |
| ISBN | 9781684485352 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 9781684485369 (hardcover) |
| ISBN | (epub) |
| ISBN | (pdf) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |