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Shining new light on early American prison literature—from its origins in last words, dying warnings, and gallows literature to its later works of autobiography, exposé, and imaginative literature—<i>Reading Prisoners</i> weaves together insights about the rise of the early American penitentiary, the history of early American literacy instruction, and the transformation of crime writing in the “long” eighteenth century. <br>Looking first at colonial America—an era often said to devalue jailhouse

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Author

Schorb, Jodi

Publisher

Rutgers University Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780813562674

Category

social science

Subjects

History, Science, Social Science

Updated

2026-03-25