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Author Franklin, H. Bruce (Howard Bruce), 1934-

Title The victim as criminal and artist : literature from the American prison / H. Bruce Franklin.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1978.

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 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  820.9 FRANKLIN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  810.98 F85    Check Shelf
Description xxii, 337 pages ; 22 cm
Note Rev. ed. published as: Prison literature in America. 1982.
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 291-323.
Note Includes index.
Contents 1. The first literary genre of the United States : the slave narrative -- 2. The worker as criminal and artist : Herman Melville -- 3. Plantation to penitentiary : songs of slavery, peonage, and prison. A. Songs of slavery ; B. Songs of an imprisoned people -- 4. A history of literature by convicts in America -- 5. Two novelists of the American prison. A. Malcolm Braly ; B. Chester Hines -- 6. From Malcolm X to Attica and beyond : contemporary American prison literature -- Appendix: An annotated bibliography of literature by American convicts: 1800-1977.
Subject Slavery in literature.
African Americans in literature.
Prisoners -- United States -- Intellectual life.
Canon (Literature)
Prisons in literature.
Prisoners' writings, American -- History and criticism.
American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
Crime in literature.
Criminals' writings, American -- History and criticism.
Victims in literature.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Intellectual life.
Enslaved persons' writings, American -- History and criticism.
ISBN 0195022440: $13.95
9780195022445
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