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Nature's cruel stepdames : murderous women in the street literature of seventeenth century England /

"A selection of seventeenth century pamphlets revealing the popular press's obsessive concern with female violence--usually domestic--and a discussion of the texts' historical and cultural contexts"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staub, Susan C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Pittsburgh, Pa. : Duquesne University Press, [2005]
Series:Medieval and Renaissance literary studies.
Subjects:
Street literature > England > History and criticism.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700 > History and criticism.
Women and literature > England > History > 17th century.
English literature > Early modern, 1500-1700.
Female offenders > Literary collections.
Women murderers > Literary collections.
Infanticide > Literary collections.
Murder > Literary collections.
Female offenders in literature.
Women murderers in literature.
Street literature > England.
Infanticide in literature.
Murder in literature.
Online Access:Table of contents
Description
Summary:"A selection of seventeenth century pamphlets revealing the popular press's obsessive concern with female violence--usually domestic--and a discussion of the texts' historical and cultural contexts"--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:x, 356 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-347) and index.
ISBN:0820703567 (cloth : alk. paper)