Romantic Outlaws, Beloved Prisons : the Unconscious Meanings of Crime and Punishment.

An ex-convict struggles with his addictive yearning for prison. A law-abiding citizen broods over his pleasure in violent, illegal acts. A prison warden loses his job because he is so successful in rehabilitating criminals. These are but a few of the intriguing stories Martha Grace Duncan examines i...

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Main Author:	Duncan, Martha Grace
Corporate Author:	JSTOR (Organization)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : NYU Press, 1996.
Subjects:	Prison psychology. Criminal psychology. Prisons in literature. Criminals in literature. Social Science. SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	An ex-convict struggles with his addictive yearning for prison. A law-abiding citizen broods over his pleasure in violent, illegal acts. A prison warden loses his job because he is so successful in rehabilitating criminals. These are but a few of the intriguing stories Martha Grace Duncan examines in her bold, interdisciplinary book Romantic Outlaws, Beloved Prisons . Duncan writes: "This is a book about paradoxes and mingled yarns - about the bright sides of dark events, the silver linings of sable clouds." She portrays upright citizens who harbor a strange liking for criminal deeds.
Item Description:	Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (286 pages)
ISBN:	9780814721100 0814721109