Title: Nature's Cruel Stepdames
Description: "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.
Subjects: Street literature, History and criticism, English literature, Women and literature, History, Female offenders, Literary collections, Women murderers, Infanticide, Murder, Female offenders in literature, Women murderers in literature, Infanticide in literature, Murder in literature, Homicide