The Victim as Criminal and Artist: Literature from the American Prison
by Franklin, H. Bruce
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0195022440
- ISBN 13
- 9780195022445
- Seller
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Pueblo, Colorado, United States
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1978. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0195022440 . Inscribed by Franklin to author Georg Gugelberger and his wife, "To Renata and Georg Gugelberger, with admiration and affection, Bruce." A small tear to the head of the spine. The dust jacket is price-clipped. A history of prison literature in the United States examines and reinterprets the works of those who became writers by virtue of their being defined and treated as criminals. As Gugelberger wrote in his book The Real Thing: Testimonial Discourses in Latin America, "...reading and teaching prison literature is imperative, or should be." A scholarly association copy. ; 337 pages; Signed by Author .
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- Bookseller
- Bungalow Books, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15143
- Title
- The Victim as Criminal and Artist: Literature from the American Prison
- Author
- Franklin, H. Bruce
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good in Very Good dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition; First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0195022440
- ISBN 13
- 9780195022445
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1978
- Keywords
- 0195022440, Prisoners' writings, American; History and criticism.; American , literature; African American authors; History and criticism.; Criminals' , writings, American; History and criticism.; Slaves' writings, American; , History and crit
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Bungalow Books, ABAA
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Bungalow Books, ABAA
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Pueblo, Colorado
About Bungalow Books, ABAA
We are a family owned bookstore, with an emphasis on crime fiction, and signed books. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of American (ABAA), and the Rocky Mountain Antiquarian Booksellers Association (RMABA), and we exhibit regularly at book fairs.
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