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Routledge Crime and the Nation: Prison Fiction Philadelphia 1786-1800

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Crime and the Nation explores the fascinating intersection of fiction writing and national identity in late eighteenth-century America, when literary innovation and social reform became intertwined. During the 1780s and 1790s, a spirited public debate on crime and punishment transformed how Americans understood criminal justice, producing both groundbreaking fiction and the world's first penitentiary-style prison, which opened at Philadelphia in 1790. This scholarly work examines how jurists, reformers, and fiction writers reimagined the criminal as a subject worthy of fascination, moral instruction, and rehabilitation. Part of the Studies in American Popular History and Culture series, this Routledge publication reveals how early American authors and institutions worked together to define national values through representations of crime, punishment, and redemption during a critical period of American nation-building.

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Examines the 1780s-1790s public debate on crime and punishment that shaped both American fiction and the Philadelphia penitentiary system.

Traces how fiction writers, jurists, and reformers collaborated to establish new literary and institutional approaches to criminal justice.

Explores the world's first penitentiary-style prison at Philadelphia in 1790 and its cultural impact on American society.

Part of the Studies in American Popular History and Culture series, offering scholarly analysis of interconnected social and literary movements.

Published by Routledge, providing academic examination of how crime narratives formed national identity in early American culture.

Product Specifications
Brand
Routledge
Format
hardcover
ASIN
0415933862
Category
Books > Subjects > Poetry, Drama & Criticism > History & Criticism > Literary Theory & Movements
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
12 July 2002
Listed Since
09 February 2007

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