Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Preface xi
4. Introduction: Writing As Survival 1
5. 1. Predecessors: Prison Writing before 1800 12
6. 2. The Spielberg: Concealment and Refutation 38
7. 3. Bodies Politic 67
8. 4. Authority, Desire, and Dissent: Serving the Revolution 106
9. 5. Answering Gramsci: The Anti-Fascists 131
10. 6. The Death of a President / The Effacement of an Author 177
11. Conclusion: Sentences and Convictions 186
12. Notes 197
13. Works Consulted 237
14. Index 263