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BL
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1004455
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b758825
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Sobanet, Andrew.
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| Title & Author
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Jail sentences : : representing prison in twentieth-century French fiction /\ Andrew Sobanet.
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| Publication Statement
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Lincoln :: University of Nebraska Press,, ©2008.
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| Series Statement
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Stages
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1 online resource (xii, 254 pages)
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| ISBN
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0803218559
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: 9780803218550
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0803213794
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9780803213791
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Everyman in Prison; 2. A Pariah's Paradise; 3. A Recidivist's Tale; 4. Corrected Inmates, Corrected Texts; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
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| Abstract
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A long list of canonical writers in Western literature have experienced incarceration and have subsequently written celebrated works about the imprisoned and the condemned. The French tradition is no exception: writers who produced noteworthy texts while incarcerated or who later wrote about their experiences in prison are found on the literary-historical landscape from the medieval era through the twentieth century. Prison writing by inmates, former guards, chaplains, teachers, and doctors is firmly established as part of the fabric of popular culture and has long attracted the attention of c.
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French fiction-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
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Prisons in literature.
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French fiction.
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Gefängnis
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LITERARY CRITICISM-- European-- French.
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Literatur
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Prisons in literature.
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Französisch.
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| Dewey Classification
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843/.91093556 22
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| LC Classification
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PQ673.S6 2008eb
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