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The Ugly Woman
This chapter is in the book The Ugly Woman
© 2016 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

© 2016 University of Toronto Press, Toronto

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. Female Ugliness in the Middle Ages: The Old Hag 10
  6. 2. Transgression in the Trecento and Quattrocento: Guardian, Witch, Prostitute 41
  7. 3. The Portrait of the Ugly Woman in the Renaissance: The Peasant, the Anti-Laura 81
  8. 4. New Perspectives in Baroque Poetry: Unconventional Beauty 128
  9. Conclusion 165
  10. Appendix 171
  11. Notes 187
  12. Bibliography 233
  13. Index 251
https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442682481-002

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Acknowledgments vii
  4. Introduction 1
  5. 1. Female Ugliness in the Middle Ages: The Old Hag 10
  6. 2. Transgression in the Trecento and Quattrocento: Guardian, Witch, Prostitute 41
  7. 3. The Portrait of the Ugly Woman in the Renaissance: The Peasant, the Anti-Laura 81
  8. 4. New Perspectives in Baroque Poetry: Unconventional Beauty 128
  9. Conclusion 165
  10. Appendix 171
  11. Notes 187
  12. Bibliography 233
  13. Index 251
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