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Prison Writing in 20th-Century America by H. Bruce Franklin · Booklabria

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Prison Writing in 20th-Century America

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Prison Writing in 20th-Century America

Name: Prison Writing in 20th-Century America
Author: H. Bruce Franklin

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First published: 1998
Language: English
Editions: 3

Synopsis

This unique collection dramatizes the history of the modern American prison and offers a harrowing vision of prison life in America today. H. Bruce Franklin, a leading authority on American prison writing, has gathered more than sixty selections from some of the most powerful works - memoirs, stories, novels, poemswritten in the last hundred years.

Subjects: Literary collections
Prisoners
Prisons
American literature, 20th century
Prisoners' writings
Prisoners' writings, American
Time: 20th Century

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