The Rise of Prison Literature in the Sixteenth Century

Ruth (Queen Mary University of London) Ahnert

Cambridge University Press, 2017

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The first major study of prison literature dating from the early modern period, this book shows how the religious and political instability of the Tudor reigns provided conditions for prison literature to thrive. Ahnert demonstrates how prisoners used the power of the written word to make meaning from their experience.

ISBN-13
9781108438797
ISBN-10
1108438792
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2017
Publication date
2017-10-26
Pages
232
Dimensions
166x239x15
Weight
356