Nature's cruel stepdames : murderous women in the street literature of seventeenth century England /
Staub, Susan C.
Pittsburgh, Penn. : Duquesne University Press,
c2005.
"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.
"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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-347) and index.
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.