Plain ugly: The unattractive body in Early Modern culture

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Synopsis
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. The book focuses closely on English literary culture but also engages with wider European perspectives, drawing on a wide array of primary sources including Italian and other European visual art. Offering illuminating close readings of texts from both high and low culture, it will interest scholars in English literature, cultural studies, women’s studies, history and art history, as well as postgraduate and undergraduate students in these disciplines. As an accessible and absorbing account of the power dynamics informing depictions of ugliness (and beauty) in relation to some of the quirkiest literary and visual material to be found in early modern culture, it will also appeal to a wider audience.
Copyright:
2010

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
270 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781526129680
Related ISBNs:
9780719068744, 9780719068744, 9780719068751, 9780719068744, 9780719068751, 9781526162700, 9780719068744, 9780719068751, 9781526162700, 9780719068744, 9780719068751, 9781526162700
Publisher:
Manchester University Press
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Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts
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Bookshare Staff
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