Broken engagements the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940
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...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford
Oxford University Press
2010, 2010
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| Series: | Oxford studies in modern legal history / Oxford studies in modern legal history
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| Collection: | Oxford University Press - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 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 |
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| Physical Description: | xx, 209 p. |
| ISBN: | 9780191722066 |