Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Abbreviations ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Solitary Confinement: “This Lime-Tree Bower My Prison” 17
6. 2 William Godwin, “Mild Coercion,” and the Happy Prison Tradition 34
7. 3 The Descent of Liberty: Leigh Hunt in Surrey Gaol 78
8. 4 Keats, Byron, and the Idea of Transformative Confinement 99
9. 5 John Clare: The Romantic Ascent 123
10. 6 Jane Austen and Penitential Space 149
11. Coda 168
12. Acknowledgments 171
13. Notes 173
14. Bibliography 205
15. Index 221
16. ABOUT THE AUTHOR 229