The Resource Nature's cruel stepdames : murderous women in the street literature of seventeenth century England, Susan C. Staub
Nature's cruel stepdames : murderous women in the street literature of seventeenth century England, Susan C. Staub
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- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- x, 356 pages
- Contents
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- pt. 1. The contexts. Women's crimes in the popular press
- The feme covert uncovered: representations of murderous wives
- Bloody mothers: representations of child murder
- "To avoid their shame": representations of infanticide
- The popular press and providence: explaining the miraculous recovery of Anne Greene
- pt. 2. The texts. Editorial policy
- A true discourse of the practises of Elizabeth Caldwell / Gilbert Dugdale
- The adultresses funerall day / Henry Goodcole
- Murther, murther; or, A bloody relation how Anne Hamton, dweling in Westminster nigh London, by poyson murthered her deare husband
- A hellish murder committed by a French midwife
- A pittilesse mother, that most unnaturally at one time, murthered two of her owne children
- Blood for blood; or, Justice executed for innocent blood-shed / N. Partridge and J. Sharp
- Fair warning to murderers of infants
- The bloudy mother / Thomas Brewer
- Deeds against nature, and monsters by kinde
- Natures cruell step-dames; or, Matchlesse monsters of the female sex / Henry Goodcole
- Newes from the dead; or, A true and exact narration of the miraculous deliverance of Anne Greene / Richard Watkins
- Isbn
- 9780820703565
- Label
- Nature's cruel stepdames : murderous women in the street literature of seventeenth century England
- Title
- Nature's cruel stepdames
- Title remainder
- murderous women in the street literature of seventeenth century England
- Statement of responsibility
- Susan C. Staub
- Subject
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- English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700
- English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
- Female offenders -- Literary collections
- Female offenders in literature
- History
- Infanticide -- Literary collections
- Infanticide in literature
- Literature
- Murder -- Literary collections
- Murder in literature
- Street literature -- England
- Street literature -- England -- History and criticism
- Women and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century
- Women murderers -- Literary collections
- Women murderers in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Language
- eng
- 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
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Staub, Susan C
- Dewey number
- 820.9/3522/09032
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR972
- LC item number
- .S73 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Medieval & Renaissance literary studies
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Street literature
- English literature
- Women and literature
- English literature
- Female offenders
- Women murderers
- Infanticide
- Murder
- Female offenders in literature
- Women murderers in literature
- Street literature
- Infanticide in literature
- Murder in literature
- Label
- Nature's cruel stepdames : murderous women in the street literature of seventeenth century England, Susan C. Staub
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-347) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. 1. The contexts. Women's crimes in the popular press -- The feme covert uncovered: representations of murderous wives -- Bloody mothers: representations of child murder -- "To avoid their shame": representations of infanticide -- The popular press and providence: explaining the miraculous recovery of Anne Greene -- pt. 2. The texts. Editorial policy -- A true discourse of the practises of Elizabeth Caldwell / Gilbert Dugdale -- The adultresses funerall day / Henry Goodcole -- Murther, murther; or, A bloody relation how Anne Hamton, dweling in Westminster nigh London, by poyson murthered her deare husband -- A hellish murder committed by a French midwife -- A pittilesse mother, that most unnaturally at one time, murthered two of her owne children -- Blood for blood; or, Justice executed for innocent blood-shed / N. Partridge and J. Sharp -- Fair warning to murderers of infants -- The bloudy mother / Thomas Brewer -- Deeds against nature, and monsters by kinde -- Natures cruell step-dames; or, Matchlesse monsters of the female sex / Henry Goodcole -- Newes from the dead; or, A true and exact narration of the miraculous deliverance of Anne Greene / Richard Watkins
- Control code
- 56517833
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 356 pages
- Isbn
- 9780820703565
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004021250
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Label
- Nature's cruel stepdames : murderous women in the street literature of seventeenth century England, Susan C. Staub
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-347) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. 1. The contexts. Women's crimes in the popular press -- The feme covert uncovered: representations of murderous wives -- Bloody mothers: representations of child murder -- "To avoid their shame": representations of infanticide -- The popular press and providence: explaining the miraculous recovery of Anne Greene -- pt. 2. The texts. Editorial policy -- A true discourse of the practises of Elizabeth Caldwell / Gilbert Dugdale -- The adultresses funerall day / Henry Goodcole -- Murther, murther; or, A bloody relation how Anne Hamton, dweling in Westminster nigh London, by poyson murthered her deare husband -- A hellish murder committed by a French midwife -- A pittilesse mother, that most unnaturally at one time, murthered two of her owne children -- Blood for blood; or, Justice executed for innocent blood-shed / N. Partridge and J. Sharp -- Fair warning to murderers of infants -- The bloudy mother / Thomas Brewer -- Deeds against nature, and monsters by kinde -- Natures cruell step-dames; or, Matchlesse monsters of the female sex / Henry Goodcole -- Newes from the dead; or, A true and exact narration of the miraculous deliverance of Anne Greene / Richard Watkins
- Control code
- 56517833
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- x, 356 pages
- Isbn
- 9780820703565
- Isbn Type
- (cloth : alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004021250
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
Subject
- English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700
- English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism
- Female offenders -- Literary collections
- Female offenders in literature
- History
- Infanticide -- Literary collections
- Infanticide in literature
- Literature
- Murder -- Literary collections
- Murder in literature
- Street literature -- England
- Street literature -- England -- History and criticism
- Women and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century
- Women murderers -- Literary collections
- Women murderers in literature
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
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