Lettmaier, Saskia.
Broken engagements the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940 / [electronic resource] : Saskia Lettmaier. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xx, 209 p.). - Oxford studies in modern legal history . - Oxford studies in modern legal history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Lettmaier explores ideals of femininity during the 19th and early 20th centuries by charting responses to broken engagements. Interweaving a history of the legal remedies for a broken promise of marriage with literary accounts from Dickens to Wodehouse, it offers an insight into attitudes to female identity.
9780191722066 (ebook) : No price
Breach of promise--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Breach of promise--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Betrothal in literature.
Betrothal in motion pictures.
Women--Social conditions--Great Britain--19th century.
Women--Social conditions--Great Britain--20th century.
KD754
346.42016
Broken engagements the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940 / [electronic resource] : Saskia Lettmaier. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xx, 209 p.). - Oxford studies in modern legal history . - Oxford studies in modern legal history. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Lettmaier explores ideals of femininity during the 19th and early 20th centuries by charting responses to broken engagements. Interweaving a history of the legal remedies for a broken promise of marriage with literary accounts from Dickens to Wodehouse, it offers an insight into attitudes to female identity.
9780191722066 (ebook) : No price
Breach of promise--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Breach of promise--History--Great Britain--20th century.
Betrothal in literature.
Betrothal in motion pictures.
Women--Social conditions--Great Britain--19th century.
Women--Social conditions--Great Britain--20th century.
KD754
346.42016