Plain ugly : the unattractive body in early modern culture / Naomi Baker.
Baker, Naomi, 1974-
2010
PR411 .B35 2010 (Mapit)
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Title Plain ugly : the unattractive body in early modern culture / Naomi Baker.
Author Baker, Naomi, 1974-
ISBN 9780719068744
0719068746
Publication Details Manchester ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Language English
Description viii, 260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number PR411 .B35 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 820.9353
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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