Women, murder, and equity in early modern England /

This book presents the first comprehensive study of over 120 printed news reports of murders and infanticides committed by early modern women. It offers an interdisciplinary analysis of female homicide in post-Reformation news formats ranging from ballads to newspapers. Individual cases are illumina...

詳細記述

書誌詳細
第一著者: Martin, Randall, 1958-
フォーマット: Licensed eBooks
言語:英語
出版事項: New York ; London : Routledge, 2008.
シリーズ:Routledge studies in Renaissance literature and culture.
オンライン・アクセス:https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=214272
目次:
  • Introduction
  • Equity and self-defense in female homicide news
  • Confession, conversion, and tactical resistance
  • Women and poison
  • Changing representations of infanticide and child murder
  • Conclusion.