Imagining the Penitentiary: Fiction and the Architecture of the Mind in Eighteenth-century England Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

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

This brilliant and insightful contribution to cultural studies investigates the role of literatureâ??particularly the novelâ??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.Read More

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  • 0226042286
  • 9780226042282
  • John Bender
  • 1 July 1987
  • University of Chicago Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 352
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