From the Plantation to the Prison: African American Confinement Literature Book

Series Preface Chester J. Fontenot, Jr. Fontenot, Chester J., Jr.

Introduction Tara T. Green Green, Tara T. 1

Pt. I Identifying the Boundaries of Confinement 9

Writing from No Man's Land: The Black Man's Quest for Freedom from behind the Walls Carol E. Henderson Henderson, Carol E. 11

Lessons before Dying: The Contemporary Confined Character-in-Process Dana A. Williams Williams, Dana A. 32

Mind-Blown: Possibility and Trauma in Native Son Terry Bozeman Bozeman, Terry 58

Pt. II Confined Spaces and Places 81

Ernest J. Gaines's A Lesson before Dying: Freedom in Confined Spaces Katherine Daley Daley, Katherine Carolyn M. Jones Jones, Carolyn M. 83

Doing Time in/as "The Monster": Abject Identity in African-American Prison Literature Kimberly Drake Drake, Kimberly 118

Faith's Fickle Covenant: African-American Captivity Narratives from the Vietnam War Jeff Loeb Loeb, Jeff 154

Contributors 179

Index 181