Frontmatter

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