Women, Murder, and Equity in Early Modern England

Zusatztext '... a meticulous account of a fascinating subject...' - Review of English Studies Informationen zum Autor Randall Martin is Professor of English at the University of New Brunswick. Zusammenfassung 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 illuminated in relation to changing legal, religious, and political contexts, as well as the dynamic growth of commercial crime-news and readership. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction 2 Equity and self-defense in female homicide news 3 Confession, conversion, and tactical resistance 4 Women and Poison 5 Changing representations of infanticide and child murder 6 Conclusion Notes Bibliography

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Randall Martin, Randall (University of New Brunswick Martin, Martin Randall
• Assisted by: Randall Martin (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.10.2007
• EAN: 9780415961158
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96115-8
• No. of pages: 300
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture; Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; History, Cultural Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Medieval, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, Humanities, Social and cultural history, Literary studies: general, Gender studies, gender groups, Literary theory, Crime and criminology, Gender studies: women and girls