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Broken Engagements: The Action for Breach of Promise of Marriage and the Feminine Ideal, 1800-1940
by Lettmaier, Saskia
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This text explores ideals of femininity during the 19th and early 20th 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, it offers an insight into modern attitudes to female identity.
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- Apr 19, 2010 Pub Date:
- 0199569975 ISBN-10:
- 9780199569977 ISBN-13:
- English Language
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