| Imagining the Penitentiary: Fiction and the Architecture of Mind in Eighteenth-Century England Contributor(s): Bender, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0226042294 ISBN-13: 9780226042299 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $43.56 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 1989 Annotation: This brilliant and insightful contribution to cultural studies investigates the role of literature--particularly the novel--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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - History | Modern - 18th Century - Social Science | Criminology |
| Dewey: 823.509 |
| LCCN: 86025074 |
| Physical Information: 0.67" H x 6.6" W x 9.38" (1.40 lbs) 356 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This brilliant and insightful contribution to cultural studies investigates the role of literature--particularly the novel--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. |
