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100 1 _aLettmaier, Saskia.
245 1 0 _aBroken engagements
_h[electronic resource] :
_bthe action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940 /
_cSaskia Lettmaier.
260 _aOxford :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2010.
300 _a1 online resource (xx, 209 p.).
490 1 _aOxford studies in modern legal history
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.
588 _aDescription based on print version record.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
650 0 _aBreach of promise
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y19th century.
650 0 _aBreach of promise
_zGreat Britain
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aBetrothal in literature.
650 0 _aBetrothal in motion pictures.
650 0 _aWomen
_zGreat Britain
_xSocial conditions
_y19th century.
650 0 _aWomen
_zGreat Britain
_xSocial conditions
_y20th century.
776 0 8 _iPrint version
_z9780199569977
830 0 _aOxford studies in modern legal history.
856 4 0 _3Oxford scholarship online
_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199569977.001.0001
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