01731nam a2200349 a 4500001001400000003000800014005001700022006001900039007001500058008004100073020003800114040002100152050001000173082001800183100002300201245014900224260004600373300003600419490004300455520031400498588004700812504005100859650006100910650006100971650002901032650003401061650005901095650005901154776003301213830004401246856009101290EDZ0000076075StDuBDS20150804193938.0m||||||||d||||||||cr||||||||||||100505s2010    enk    fo     001 0 eng|d  a9780191722066 (ebook) :cNo price  aStDuBDScStDuBDS 4aKD75404a346.420162221 aLettmaier, Saskia.10aBroken engagementsh[electronic resource] :bthe action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940 /cSaskia Lettmaier.  aOxford :bOxford University Press,c2010.  a1 online resource (xx, 209 p.).1 aOxford studies in modern legal history8 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.  aDescription based on print version record.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 0aBreach of promisezGreat BritainxHistoryy19th century. 0aBreach of promisezGreat BritainxHistoryy20th century. 0aBetrothal in literature. 0aBetrothal in motion pictures. 0aWomenzGreat BritainxSocial conditionsy19th century. 0aWomenzGreat BritainxSocial conditionsy20th century.08iPrint versionz9780199569977 0aOxford studies in modern legal history.403Oxford scholarship onlineuhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199569977.001.0001