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100 1 $aLettmaier, Saskia.
245 10 $aBroken engagements :$bthe action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940 /$cSaskia Lettmaier.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2010.
300 $axix, 209 p. :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
490 0 $aOxford studies in modern legal history
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 8 $aLettmaier 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.
650 0 $aBreach of promise$xHistory.
650 0 $aHusband and wife$xHistory.
650 0 $aBetrothal$xLaw and legislation.
650 0 $aBetrothal in literature.
650 0 $aBetrothal in motion pictures.
650 0 $aBreach of promise$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y19th century.
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650 0 $aWomen$zGreat Britain$xSocial conditions$y19th century.
650 0 $aWomen$zGreat Britain$xSocial conditions$y20th century.
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