The self-fashioning of an early modern Englishwoman

Description:

"From her indictment for bigamy in 1663, to her death by hanging at Tyburn a decade later, Mary Carleton captured the imagination of the English people. Mary Jo Kietzman's study of what she terms the 'self-serialization' of this actress, author, and criminal/heroine seeks to understand Carleton's popularity and her significance to a public that was obviously fascinated by her."--Jacket.

subjects: English prose literature,  Executions and executioners,  Executions and executioners in literature,  History,  History and criticism,  Identity (Psychology) in literature,  Impostors and imposture,  Impostors and imposture in literature,  In literature,  Narration (Rhetoric),  Women and literature

People: Mary Carleton (1642?-1673)

Places: England

Times: 17th century,  Early modern, 1500-1700