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245 00 a| Prose and cons :b| essays on prison literature in the United States /c| edited by D. Quentin Miller.;

300 a| viii, 280 pages ;c| 23 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references and index.;

505 0 a| "On the outside looking in" : white readers of nonwhite prison narratives / D. Quentin Miller -- The value of a gambler's promise : self-imprisonment and writing survival in Raymond Federman's Double or nothing / Brian D. Crawford -- Critical witnessing in Latina/o and African American prison narratives / Tiffany Ana Lopez -- "A scream that is not female and that is not male" : imprisonment and African-American gender identity in Asha Bandele's The prisoner's wife / Laura Dawkins -- Condemned men : compulsive masculinity and the convict ethic in the writing of Edward Bunker / Howard Cunnell -- Imprisoned mothers and sisters : dealing with loss through writing and solidarity / Judith Scheffler -- "Only man is miserable" : the evolving view of imprisonment in Robert Lowell's poetry / Colin Clarke -- The prison writer as ideologue : George Jackson and the Attica rebellion / Brian Conniff -- The space of the prison : the last bastion of morality? / Scott Bunyan -- Writing into the prison-industrial complex / Juda Bennett -- The ambivalence of The executioner's song : postmodern captivity from death row / Jennifer Roscher -- Prison slang and the poetics of imprisonment / Douglas Taylor -- "All I have, a lament and a boast" : why prisoners write / Bell Gale Chevigny.;

520 a| "The 14 essays in this work examine the last 30 years of prison literature from a wide variety of perspectives. These essays examine race, gender, ideology, aesthetics, and language"--Provided by publisher.;

650 0 a| Prisoners' writings, Americanx| History and criticism.=| ^A167478;

650 0 a| Prisonersz| United Statesx| Intellectual life.=| ^A1911;

650 0 a| Prisoners in literature.=| ^A311248;

650 0 a| Prisons in literature.=| ^A94564;

700 1 a| Miller, D. Quentinq| (Daniel Quentin),d| 1967-=| ^A442515;

856 41 3| Table of contentsu| http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0514/2005016987.html;

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Prose and cons : essays on prison literature in the United States / edited by D. Quentin Miller.

Other author	Miller, D. Quentin (Daniel Quentin), 1967-
Format	Book
Publication Info	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2005.
Description	viii, 280 pages ; 23 cm
Supplemental Content	Table of contents
Subjects	Prisoners' writings, American--History and criticism. Prisoners--United States. --Intellectual life. Prisoners in literature. Prisons in literature.

Contents	"On the outside looking in" : white readers of nonwhite prison narratives / D. Quentin Miller -- The value of a gambler's promise : self-imprisonment and writing survival in Raymond Federman's Double or nothing / Brian D. Crawford -- Critical witnessing in Latina/o and African American prison narratives / Tiffany Ana Lopez -- "A scream that is not female and that is not male" : imprisonment and African-American gender identity in Asha Bandele's The prisoner's wife / Laura Dawkins -- Condemned men : compulsive masculinity and the convict ethic in the writing of Edward Bunker / Howard Cunnell -- Imprisoned mothers and sisters : dealing with loss through writing and solidarity / Judith Scheffler -- "Only man is miserable" : the evolving view of imprisonment in Robert Lowell's poetry / Colin Clarke -- The prison writer as ideologue : George Jackson and the Attica rebellion / Brian Conniff -- The space of the prison : the last bastion of morality? / Scott Bunyan -- Writing into the prison-industrial complex / Juda Bennett -- The ambivalence of The executioner's song : postmodern captivity from death row / Jennifer Roscher -- Prison slang and the poetics of imprisonment / Douglas Taylor -- "All I have, a lament and a boast" : why prisoners write / Bell Gale Chevigny.
Abstract	"The 14 essays in this work examine the last 30 years of prison literature from a wide variety of perspectives. These essays examine race, gender, ideology, aesthetics, and language"--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN	2005016987
ISBN	0786421460 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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