Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Notes on the Text ix
4. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 1 “The destruction of vices, and the savinge of menne” 29
6. Chapter 2 “The House of Correction, is the School of Instruction” 65
7. Chapter 3 Jurisdictions of “Correction, and Instruction” on Shakespeare’s Stage 100
8. Chapter 4 “If the whole Countrey were but such a Bridewell” 137
9. Chapter 5 Milton’s Reader, Thomas Ellwood, and the “Literary Worke-house” 163
10. Conclusion 197
11. Notes 209
12. Bibliography 247
13. Index 265
14. Acknowledgments 275