Plain and ugly Janes : the rise of the ugly woman in contemporary American fiction / Charlotte M. Wright.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wright, Charlotte M.

Series:

Literary criticism and cultural theory

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women in literature.

American fiction--20th century--History and criticism.

American fiction.

Ugliness in literature.

Feminine beauty (Aesthetics) in literature.

Body image in literature.

Physical Description:

xiii, 136 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Garland Pub., 2000.

Contents:

Part 1 The Nature of Ugliness

Chapter 1. Nineteenth-Century Precedents: Old Maids in the Works of Louisa May Alcott / Rose Terry Cooke, Rebecca Harding Davis 3

Chapter 2. Descriptions of Ugliness: Twentieth-Century Examples 13

Part 2 The Consequences of Ugliness

Chapter 3. The Effect of Ugliness on the Self 25

Chapter 4. The Effect of Ugliness on Relations with Others 35

Part 3 Ugly Women in Contemporary American Fiction

Chapter 5. Adjusting the Stereotype / Flannery O'Connor, Deborah Eisenberg, Alison Lurie, Ann Tyler, Leon Rooke, Doris Betts, Anne Beattie, Tess Gallagher, Russell Banks, Barry Hannah 49

Chapter 6. Anger, Sex and Fate / Katherine Anne Porter, Lorrie Moore, Alice Walker, Sarah Bird 73

Chapter 7. The Rise of the Ugly Woman / Barbara Rex, Louise Erdrich, Peter S. Beagle, Alice Walker, Katherine Dunn, Rebecca Goldstein 97

Chapter 8. Becoming Something Powerful: The Ugly Woman as Hero 117.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-130) and index.

ISBN:

0815336527

OCLC:

42882942