![]() "The eleven stimulating biographical essays in this collection are certain to prompt readers to reflect on how the experience of being locked up by society for crimes of conscience can unlock a rich and distinctive array of written reflections on society's most fundamental values. ![]() Williams Professor of English, Sewanee: The University of the South, USA ![]() The roll call of familiar figures, coupled with some less celebrated case studies, reifies and enriches expectations, thereby providing a viable platform for learning more about key incarcerated figures in the Western tradition, as well as about related social and political movements." - William E. This is a unique and timely contribution to the world of letters and the humanities broadly conceived. ![]() "Prison Narratives from Boethius to Zana encourages readers to educate themselves about very important and relevant topics. Hopefully, this introduction will lead readers to pursue others who did not let prison stifle their thought such as Marco Polo, Jeremiah, Cervantes, Paul, and Martin Luther King, Jr." - Harry Lee Poe, Charles Colson Professor of Faith and Culture, Union University, USA Some of the most important ideas in human history were hatched in prison and continue to inform our world. "Philip Edward Phillips has brought together a remarkable collection of perspectives in this sample of extraordinary documents written by people in prison. “Prison Narratives from Boethius to Zana, edited by Philip Edward Phillips, defines a new generic lens and literary tradition through which to approach Boethius, and they have the great potential to energize Boethius Studies in an exciting new direction.” (Krista Sue-Lo Twu, Carmina Philosophiae, Vol.
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