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Author:

Staub, Susan C.

Title:

Nature's cruel stepdames : murderous women in the street literature of seventeenth century England / Susan C. Staub.

Publisher:

Duquesne University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2004

Description:

x, 356 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Street literature--England--History and criticism.
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism.
Women and literature--England--History--17th century.
English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700
Female offenders--Literary collections.
Women murderers--Literary collections.
Infanticide--Literary collections.
Murder--Literary collections.
Female offenders in literature.
Women murderers in literature.
Street literature--England.
Infanticide in literature.
Murder in literature

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-347) and index.

Summary:

"A selection of seventeenth century pamphlets revealing the popular press's obsessive concern with female violence--usually domestic--and a discussion of the texts' historical and cultural contexts"--Provided by publisher.

Series:

Medieval & Renaissance literary studies

ISBN:

9780820703565 (alk. paper)
0820703567 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56517833

LCCN:

2004021250

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)