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Broken Engagements

By Saskia Lettmaier

Broken Engagements

By Saskia Lettmaier

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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.
Product details
Number of Pages:
230
Release Date:
2010-04-19
Publication Date:
2010-02-11
Publisher:
OUP Oxford
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0199569975
ISBN13:
9780199569977
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
514 g
Height:
161 cm
Width:
240 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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