Plain Ugly: The Unattractive Body in Early Modern Culture

by Baker Naomi and Naomi Baker

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Plain ugly examines depictions of physically repellent characters in a striking range of early modern literary and visual texts, offering fascinating insights into the ways in which ugliness and deformity were perceived and represented, particularly with regard to gender and the construction of identity.

Available in paperback for the first time, the book focuses closely on English literary culture but also engages with wider European perspectives,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0719068754

ISBN13:9780719068751

Release Date:April 2015

Publisher:Manchester University Press

Length:272 Pages

Weight:0.93 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections

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