The Resource The prison and the American imagination, Caleb Smith
The prison and the American imagination, Caleb Smith
Resource Information
The item The prison and the American imagination, Caleb Smith represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
Resource Information
The item The prison and the American imagination, Caleb Smith represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- How did a nation so famously associated with freedom become internationally identified with imprisonment? After the scandals of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, and in the midst of a dramatically escalating prison population, the question is particularly urgent. In this timely, provocative study, Caleb Smith argues that the dehumanization inherent in captivity has always been at the heart of American civil society. Exploring legal, political, and literary texts - including the works of Dickinson, Melville, and Emerson - Smith shows how alienation and self-reliance, social death and spiritual rebirth, torture and penitence came together in the prison, a scene for the portrayal of both gothic nightmares and romantic dreams. Demonstrating how the "cellular soul" has endured since the antebellum age, The Prison and the American Imagination offers a passionate and haunting critique of the very idea of solitude in American life
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 258 pages)
- Contents
-
- Civil death and carceral life
- Cadaverous triumphs
- The meaning of solitude
- Captivity and consciousness
- Mississippi voices
- Frontiers of captivity
- Isbn
- 9786612353246
- Label
- The prison and the American imagination
- Title
- The prison and the American imagination
- Statement of responsibility
- Caleb Smith
- Subject
-
- American literature -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Imprisonment in literature
- Imprisonment in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
- Prisoners -- Intellectual life
- Prisoners -- United States -- Intellectual life
- Prisons in literature
- Prisons in literature
- United States
- American literature
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- How did a nation so famously associated with freedom become internationally identified with imprisonment? After the scandals of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, and in the midst of a dramatically escalating prison population, the question is particularly urgent. In this timely, provocative study, Caleb Smith argues that the dehumanization inherent in captivity has always been at the heart of American civil society. Exploring legal, political, and literary texts - including the works of Dickinson, Melville, and Emerson - Smith shows how alienation and self-reliance, social death and spiritual rebirth, torture and penitence came together in the prison, a scene for the portrayal of both gothic nightmares and romantic dreams. Demonstrating how the "cellular soul" has endured since the antebellum age, The Prison and the American Imagination offers a passionate and haunting critique of the very idea of solitude in American life
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1977-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Smith, Caleb
- Dewey number
- 810.9/9206927
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- PS169.I47
- LC item number
- S65 2009eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Yale studies in English
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- American literature
- Imprisonment in literature
- Prisoners
- Prisons in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- American literature
- Imprisonment in literature
- Prisoners
- Prisons in literature
- United States
- Label
- The prison and the American imagination, Caleb Smith
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Civil death and carceral life -- Cadaverous triumphs -- The meaning of solitude -- Captivity and consciousness -- Mississippi voices -- Frontiers of captivity
- Control code
- 586098252
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 258 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9786612353246
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt114p3q
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)586098252
- Label
- The prison and the American imagination, Caleb Smith
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Civil death and carceral life -- Cadaverous triumphs -- The meaning of solitude -- Captivity and consciousness -- Mississippi voices -- Frontiers of captivity
- Control code
- 586098252
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 258 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9786612353246
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt114p3q
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)586098252
Subject
- American literature -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Electronic books
- Imprisonment in literature
- Imprisonment in literature
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- American | General
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- General
- Prisoners -- Intellectual life
- Prisoners -- United States -- Intellectual life
- Prisons in literature
- Prisons in literature
- United States
- American literature
Genre
Member of
Library Links
Embed
Settings
Select options that apply then copy and paste the RDF/HTML data fragment to include in your application
Embed this data in a secure (HTTPS) page:
Layout options:
Include data citation:
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.library.mst.edu/portal/The-prison-and-the-American-imagination-Caleb/4EBhXMjJlvU/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.library.mst.edu/portal/The-prison-and-the-American-imagination-Caleb/4EBhXMjJlvU/">The prison and the American imagination, Caleb Smith</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.library.mst.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.library.mst.edu/">Missouri University of Science & Technology Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
Note: Adjust the width and height settings defined in the RDF/HTML code fragment to best match your requirements
Preview
Cite Data - Experimental
Data Citation of the Item The prison and the American imagination, Caleb Smith
Copy and paste the following RDF/HTML data fragment to cite this resource
<div class="citation" vocab="http://schema.org/"><i class="fa fa-external-link-square fa-fw"></i> Data from <span resource="http://link.library.mst.edu/portal/The-prison-and-the-American-imagination-Caleb/4EBhXMjJlvU/" typeof="Book http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Item"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a href="http://link.library.mst.edu/portal/The-prison-and-the-American-imagination-Caleb/4EBhXMjJlvU/">The prison and the American imagination, Caleb Smith</a></span> - <span property="potentialAction" typeOf="OrganizeAction"><span property="agent" typeof="LibrarySystem http://library.link/vocab/LibrarySystem" resource="http://link.library.mst.edu/"><span property="name http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/label"><a property="url" href="http://link.library.mst.edu/">Missouri University of Science & Technology Library</a></span></span></span></span></div>
