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An edition of Broken engagements: the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940 (2009)

Broken engagements

the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940

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An edition of Broken engagements: the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940 (2009)

Broken engagements

the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940

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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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Oxford University Press
Language
English
Pages
230

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History Betrothal Law and legislation Breach of promise Husband and wife Marriage law, great britain Women, great britain Women, social conditions Betrothal in literature Betrothal in motion pictures Women Social conditions
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Broken engagements: the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940
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Oxford [UK], New York

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Dewey Decimal Class
346.01/6
Library of Congress
K690 .L48 2009, KD754, K690 .L48 2010

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p. cm.
Number of pages
230

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Open Library
OL24068699M
ISBN 13
9780199569977
LCCN
2010003765
OCLC/WorldCat
521744665

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OL15091180W

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