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Shakespeare saved my life : ten years in solitary with the Bard / Laura Bates.
LIBRA PR2976 .B37 2013
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bates, Laura.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Influence.
- Shakespeare, William.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Appreciation.
- Prisoners--Books and reading--United States.
- Prisoners.
- Prisoners--Books and reading.
- Prison theater.
- United States.
- Prison theater--United States--Case studies.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- x, 291 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Naperville, Ill. : Sourcebooks, 2013.
- Summary:
- Just as Larry Newton, one of the most notorious inmates at Indiana Federal Prison, was trying to break out of jail, Dr. Laura Bates was trying to break in. Now, a decade later, her Shakespeare in Shackles program has been lauded by academics and prison communities alike. In this profound illustration of the enduring lessons of Shakespeare through the ten-year relationship of Bates and Newton, an amazing testament to the power of literature emerges. But it's not just the prisoners who are transformed. It is a starkly engaging tale, one that will be embraced by anyone who has ever been changed by a book.
- Notes:
- "A memoir"--Cover.
- ISBN:
- 9781402273148
- 1402273142
- OCLC:
- 779262351
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