Women and Crime in the Street Literature of Early Modern England
Description
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.
Keywords
FictionSocial ScienceGender StudiesLiterary CriticismModern
2003Book
Author(s)Sandra Clark
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK
ISBN9781403902122
LanguageEnglish
