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On Ugliness

Paperback • 2011 • English

On Ugliness

By Umberto Eco

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About the book

Beauty and ugliness are two sides of the same coin; by ugliness we usually mean the opposite of beauty and we often define the first in order to understand the nature of the second. But the various depictions of ugliness over the centuries are richer and more unpredictable than is commonly thought. The striking images and anthological quotations in On Ugliness lead us on an extraordinary journey through the passions, terrors and nightmares of almost three thousand years, where acts of rejection ...Show more

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ISBN

9780857051622

Publisher

MacLehose Press

Published year

2011

Language

English

Original title

On Ugliness

Format

Paperback

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