Plain & ugly Janes : the rise of the ugly woman in contemporary American fiction /

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"If beauty is truth, is ugliness falsehood and deception? If all art need concern itself with is beauty, what need have we to explore in our literature the nature and consequences of ugliness?" In Plain and Ugly Janes, Charlotte Wright defines and explores the ramifications of a new charac...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wright, Charlotte M.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2006]
Colección:Literary criticism and cultural theory.
Temas:
1900-1999
Women in literature.
American fiction > 20th century > History and criticism.
Ugliness in literature.
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) in literature.
Body image in literature.
Femmes dans la littérature.
Roman américain > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
Laideur dans la littérature.
Beauté féminine (Esthétique) dans la littérature.
Image du corps dans la littérature.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Feminist.
American fiction
Body image in literature
Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) in literature
Ugliness in literature
Women in literature
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Part One: The Nature of Ugliness; 1. Nineteenth-Century Precedents; 2. Descriptions of Ugliness; Part Two: The Consequences of Ugliness; 3. The Effect of Ugliness on the Self; 4. The Effect of Ugliness on Relations with Others; Part Three: Ugly Women in Contemporary American Fiction; 5. Adjusting the Stereotype; 6. Anger, Sex and Fate; 7. The Rise of the Ugly Woman; 8. Becoming Something Powerful; Bibliography; Index.

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