"Electronic books." . . "Gefangener (Motiv)" . . "LITERARY CRITICISM / General" . . "Prisonniers États-Unis Vie intellectuelle." . . "Prisons dans la littérature." . . "Prisons Dans la littérature." . "Literatur." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Prison and the american imagination"@en . . "Electronic books"@en . . . "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."@en . "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." . "The prison and the American imagination"@en . "The prison and the American imagination" . . . . "Livres électroniques" . . . . . . . . "Criticism, interpretation, etc"@en . "Criticism, interpretation, etc" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Imprisonment in literature." . . "Imprisonment in literature" . "Deţinuţi Viaţă intelectuală Statele Unite ale Americii." . . "Prisoners United States Intellectual life." . . "Littérature américaine Histoire et critique." . . . . "littérature américaine (Etats-Unis) prison Etats-Unis 19e s. (2e moitié) / 21e s. (début)" . . "American literature History and criticism." . . "Prisoners Intellectual life." . . "Prisoners Intellectual life" . "Gefängnis (Motiv)" . . "Gefängnis <Motiv>" . . "culture prison société (milieu humain) Etats-Unis 19e s. (2e moitié) / 21e s. (début)" . . "Detenţie în literatură." . . "Prisons in literature." . . "Prisons in literature" . "Emprisonnement dans la littérature." . . "Emprisonnement Dans la littérature." . "American literature." . . "American literature" . "Geschichte." . . "Literatur USA Motiv Gefängnis." . . "Închisori în literatură." . . "United States." . . "United States" . "USA." . . "Literatură americană Istorie şi critică." . . "Gefangener <Motiv>" . . "Gefängnis Motiv Literatur USA." . . "LITERARY CRITICISM American General." . .