Critical Survey
Aims & Scope
General Editor: Graham Holderness, University of Hertfordshire
Critical Survey addresses central issues of critical practice and literary theory in a language that is clear, concise, and accessible, with a primary focus on Renaissance and Modern writing and culture. The journal combines criticism with reviews and poetry, providing an essential resource for everyone involved in the field of literary studies.
"A superb journal, fast becoming 'required reading', especially for those interested in cutting-edge work in early modern studies." —Barbara Hodgdon, Drake University
"A lively, inventive and eminently readable journal." —Catherine Belsey
Subjects: English-language Literature
Current Issue
Volume 23 • Issue 3 • 2011
Introduction: Reading and Writing in Prison
Anne Schwan (Guest Editor)
ARTICLES
Doing Time in College: Student–Prisoner Reading Groups and the Object(s) of Literary Study
Ed Wiltse
The Right to Education, Prison–University Partnerships, and Online Writing Pedagogy in the US
Joe Lockard and Sherry Rankins-Robertson
Speaking Out for Social Justice: The Problems and Possibilities of US Women’s Prison and Jail Writing Workshops
Tobi Jacobi
Black Women’s Prison Narratives and the Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexuality in US Prisons
Breea C. Willingham
‘Reading for Life’: Prison Reading Groups in Practice and Theory
Josie Billington
Prison(er) Auto/biography, ‘True Crime’, and Teaching, Learning, and Research in Criminology
Melissa Dearey, Bethanie Petty, Brett Thompson, Clinton R. Lear, Stephanie Gadsby and Donna Gibbs
Conversion and the Story of the American Prison
Simon Rolston
POETRY
The Noir américain: In which He Howls at the Moon & Digs Bill Evans
Matthew Arnold in New York
Harriet and the Crow
Tony Roberts
Biro
Preventive Maintenance
Michael Bartholomew-Biggs
REVIEWS
Scrying Stone by Steven O’Brien
The Flaming by Mamie Pomeroy
A Change of Season by Michael Cullup
John Lucas
Notes on Contributors