An edition of Broken engagements
(2010)
Broken engagements
the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940
by Saskia Lettmaier
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Betrothal, Law and legislation, Breach of promise, Husband and wife, History| Edition | Availability |
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Broken engagements: the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940
2010, Oxford University Press
in English
0199569975 9780199569977
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Table of Contents
Codifying womanhood : the Nineteenth-Century action for breach of promise of marriage as the legal expression of the ideal of true womanhood
A structural inconsistency : the true woman and the breach-of-promise plantiff
Breach of promise in the early Nineteenth Century (1800-50) : strategies of containment , a created inconsistency, and the aesthetic of the grotesque
Breach of promise in the high Victorian Period (1850-1900) : the inconsistency unveiled, pinchbeck angels, and the dominance of satire
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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Includes bibliographical references (p. [193]-205) and index.
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