Broken engagements: the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940
Auteur :
Lettmaier, Saskia
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press
ISBN :
9780199569977
Date de publication :
11 févr. 2010
Dimensions :
24,1 x 16,2 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
519 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book explores ideals of femininity during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries by charting responses to broken engagements. Interweaving a history of the legal remedies available for a broken promise of marriage with literary accounts from Dickens to Wodehouse, the book offers a major insight into modern attitudes to female identity.