Plain ugly : the unattractive body in early modern culture /
Baker, Naomi, 1974-
Plain ugly : the unattractive body in early modern culture / Naomi Baker. - 1 online resource
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781526129680 (electronic bk.) 152612968X (electronic bk.)
22573/ctv6b6ch JSTOR
1500-1700
Ugliness in literature.
Ugliness in art.
Abnormalities, Human, in literature.
Abnormalities, Human, in art.
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
European literature--History and criticism.
Laideur dans la littérature.
Laideur dans l'art.
Littérature européenne--Histoire et critique.
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.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PN56.U37
820.9/353
Plain ugly : the unattractive body in early modern culture / Naomi Baker. - 1 online resource
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
9781526129680 (electronic bk.) 152612968X (electronic bk.)
22573/ctv6b6ch JSTOR
1500-1700
Ugliness in literature.
Ugliness in art.
Abnormalities, Human, in literature.
Abnormalities, Human, in art.
English literature--History and criticism.--Early modern, 1500-1700
European literature--History and criticism.
Laideur dans la littérature.
Laideur dans l'art.
Littérature européenne--Histoire et critique.
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.
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
PN56.U37
820.9/353