Broken engagements
the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940
Edición de la obra Broken engagements
| Autor | Saskia Lettmaier |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Oxford University Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2009 |
| Lugar | Oxford [UK], New York |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 230 |
| ISBN-13 | 9780199569977 |
| OCLC | 521744665 |
| LCCN | 2010003765 |
| Número de Cutter | L651b |
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.