Women and Crime in the Street Literature of Early Modern England

By - Clark, Sandra

Floor - Floor 3

Published - Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, 2003

ISBN 10 - 1403902127

ISBN 13 - 9781403902122

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Crime England History 16th century

Shelf No - 7

Call Number - 820.935 CLA

Physical Description - xi, 233 pages ; 23 cm

Notes - Includes index

Book Information

The book explores how real-life women's crimes were handled in the news media of an age before the invention of the newspaper, in ballads, pamphlets, and plays. It discusses those features of contemporary society that particularly influenced early modern crime reporting, such as attitudes to news, the law and women's rights, and ideas about the responsibility of the community for keeping order. It considers the problems of writing about transgressive women for audiences whose ideal woman was chase, silent, and obedient.

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