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, 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.
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