Title Plain ugly : the unattractive body in early modern culture / Naomi Baker

Published Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2010

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Description 1 online resource Summary Annotation 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes 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 Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 02, 2018) Subject Ugliness in literature. Ugliness in art. Abnormalities, Human, in literature. Abnormalities, Human, in art. English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism European literature -- History and criticism LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh. Abnormalities, Human, in art Abnormalities, Human, in literature English literature -- Early modern European literature Ugliness in art Ugliness in literature Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781526129680 152612968X

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