Women, Murder, and Equity in Early Modern England

by Randall Martin

Overview

This book presents the first comprehensive study of over 120 printed news reports of murders and infanticides committed by early modern women. It offers an interdisciplinary analysis of female homicide in post-Reformation news formats ranging from ballads to newspapers. Individual cases are illuminated in relation to changing legal, religious, and political contexts, as well as the dynamic growth of commercial crime-news and readership.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415542562
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/10/2012
Series:	Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Randall Martin is Professor of English at the University of New Brunswick.

Table of Contents

1 Introduction

2 Equity and self-defense in female homicide news

3 Confession, conversion, and tactical resistance

4 Women and Poison

5 Changing representations of infanticide and child murder

6 Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Editorial Reviews

'... a meticulous account of a fascinating subject...' - Review of English Studies

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