Plain ugly: The unattractive body in Early Modern culture

by Naomi Baker

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719068746
• ISBN13: 9780719068744
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.2"