Lettmaier, Saskia. <br/><br/>
Broken engagements  the action for breach of promise of marriage and the feminine ideal, 1800-1940 /  [electronic resource] : 
Saskia Lettmaier. 
 - Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  2010. 
 - 1 online resource (xx, 209 p.). 
 - Oxford studies in modern legal history .
 - Oxford studies in modern legal history. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Lettmaier 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. 
<br/><br/> Specialized. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780191722066  No price 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Breach of promise--History--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Breach of promise--History--Great Britain--20th century.<br/>Betrothal in literature.<br/>Betrothal in motion pictures.<br/>Women--Social conditions--Great Britain--19th century.<br/>Women--Social conditions--Great Britain--20th century.<br/>Law.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KD754 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>346.42016