Broken engagements
the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940
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Author
Publication
2009 - Oxford University Press, Oxford [UK, England
Language
English
Word Count
57,500 words, Guess
Page Count
230 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivebrokenengagement0000lett
- ISBN-100199569975
- ISBN-139780199569977
- Library of Congress Control Number2010003765
- OCLC Control Number521744665
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780199569977
- Open LibraryOL24068699M
Classifications
- DDC346.01/6
- LCCK690 .L48 2009
- LCCKD754
and 1 more
- LCCK690 .L48 2010
Description
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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