Plain Ugly: The Unattractive Body in Early Modern Culture - Naomi Baker - Books - Manchester University Press - 9780719068744 - September 1, 2010
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Plain Ugly: The Unattractive Body in Early Modern Culture


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This book examines the depiction of physically ugly 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 in the era, particularly with regard to gender and the construction of identity. -- .


256 pages, 21 b&w

Media Books     Hardcover Book   (Book with hard spine and cover)
Released September 1, 2010
ISBN13 9780719068744
Publishers Manchester University Press
Pages 272
Dimensions 162 × 236 × 25 mm   ·   576 g
Language English  

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