Women and Crime in the Street Literature of Early Modern England
Download or Read eBook Women and Crime in the Street Literature of Early Modern England PDF written by S. Clark and published by Springer. This book was released on 2003-10-24 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : S. Clark |
| Publisher | : Springer |
| Total Pages | : 244 |
| Release | : 2003-10-24 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780230000629 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0230000622 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (29 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Women and Crime in the Street Literature of Early Modern England by : S. Clark
Book excerpt: Clark 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 which 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 chaste, silent, and obedient.
