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 |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Series: | Oxford studies in modern legal history.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
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