Crime or Punishment: Russian Narratives of Incarceration

Historical Contextualizations

Essays in this section explain how a text read in RUSSB237 either complicates or complements Jonathan Daly’s history of the Russian carceral system. In other words, does the text match up with how Daly describes Russian incarceration/punishment at the time of its setting? What further nuances are there? Where does the literary or memoiristic work appear to diverge from the historical account? How and why?

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