Introduction: Literary and Critical Approaches to Panopticism

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Introduction: Literary and Critical Approaches to Panopticism Revue d'études benthamiennes, 22 | 2022it will be found applicable, I think, without exception, to all establishments whatsoever, in which, within a space not too large to be covered or commanded by buildings, a number of persons are meant to be kept under inspection. No matter how different or even opposite the purpose: whether it be that of punishing the incorrigible, guarding the insane, reforming the vicious, confining the suspected, employing the idle, maintaining the helpless, curing the sick, instructing the willing in any branch of industry, or training the rising race in the path of education. 9 Introduction: Literary and Critical Approaches to Panopticism Revue d'études benthamiennes, 22 | 2022