Back to matchesWe found a matchYour institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.Title'SIN OF THE AGE': INFANTICIDE AND ILLEGITIMACY IN VICTORIAN LONDON.AuthorsHigginbotham, Ann R.AbstractDiscusses infanticide and illegitimacy in Victorian period London, England. Reasons for the alarm over infanticide; Difficulties facing an unmarried mother in the Victorian period; Motivations of Victorian unmarried mothers to commit infanticide.SubjectsENGLAND; LONDON (England); INFANTICIDE; ILLEGITIMACY; UNMARRIED mothers; VICTORIAN (Literary period)PublicationVictorian Studies, 1989, Vol 32, Issue 3, p319ISSN0042-5222Publication typeLiterary Criticism