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Author	Staub, Susan C.
Title	Nature's cruel stepdames : murderous women in the street literature of seventeenth century England / Susan C. Staub.
OCLC	56517833
ISBN	0820703567 (alk. paper)
Publisher	Pittsburgh, Penn. : Duquesne University Press, [2004]
	�2004
Description	x, 356 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
LC Subject heading/s	Street literature -- England -- History and criticism.
	English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
	Women and literature -- England -- History -- 17th century.
	English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
	Female offenders -- Literary collections.
	Women murderers -- Literary collections.
	Infanticide -- Literary collections.
	Murder -- Literary collections.
	Female offenders in literature.
	Women murderers in literature.
	Street literature -- England.
	Infanticide in literature.
	Murder in literature.
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.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-347) and index.

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