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the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940
By Saskia Lettmaier
"Broken engagements" was published by Oxford University Press in 2010 - Oxford, it has 209 pages and the language of the book is English.
“Broken engagements” Metadata:
- Title: Broken engagements
- Author: Saskia Lettmaier
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 209
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Publish Date: 2010
- Publish Location: Oxford
“Broken engagements” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: Betrothal - Law and legislation - Breach of promise - Husband and wife - History
Edition Specifications:
- Pagination: xix, 209 p. ;
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL24566129M - OL15615913W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 521744665
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 2010003765
- ISBN-13: 9780199569977
- ISBN-10: 0199569975
- All ISBNs: 0199569975 - 9780199569977
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"Broken engagements" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Codifying womanhood : the Nineteenth-Century action for breach of promise of marriage as the legal expression of the ideal of true womanhood
- 2- A structural inconsistency : the true woman and the breach-of-promise plantiff
- 3- Breach of promise in the early Nineteenth Century (1800-50) : strategies of containment , a created inconsistency, and the aesthetic of the grotesque
- 4- Breach of promise in the high Victorian Period (1850-1900) : the inconsistency unveiled, pinchbeck angels, and the dominance of satire
- 5- Breach of promise in the Post-Victorian Period (1900-40) : a changing ideal the action's decline, and the symbolism of breach of promise.
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