Imagining the Penitentiary: Fiction and the Architecture of Mind in Eighteenth-Century England

by John B. Bender

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This brilliant and insightful contribution to cultural studies investigates the role of literature-particularly the novel-and visual arts in the development of institutions. Arguing the attitudes expressed in narrative literature and art between 1719 and 1779 helped bring about the change from traditional prisons to penitentiaries, John Bender offers studies of Robinson Crusoe, Moll Flanders, The Beggar's Opera, Hogarth's Progresses, Jonathan Wild, and Amelia as well as illustrations from prison literature, art, and architecture in support of his thesis.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0226042294

ISBN13:9780226042299

Release Date:December 1989

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:356 Pages

Weight:1.50 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.6" x 9.4"

Related Subjects

Criminology Criticism & Theory English Literature Europe History History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction

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