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Author:

Miller, Monica Carol, 1974- author.

Title:

Being ugly : Southern women writers and social rebellion / Monica Carol Miller.

Publisher:

Louisiana State University Press,

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

pages cm.

Subject:

American literature--Southern States--History and criticism.
American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Ugliness in literature.
Women in literature.
Women and literature--Southern States.
Southern States--In literature.
American literature.
American literature--Women authors.
Literature.
Ugliness in literature.
Women and literature.
Women in literature.
Southern States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

What is ugliness? the specifically Southern meaning of ugly -- Gone with the wind: a model of productive failure -- The Medusa stares back: ugly women in the work of Eudora Welty -- The ugly plot: the generative possibilities of failure -- Choosing to be ugly: active rebellion from Flannery O'Connor to Helen Ellis.

Series:

Southern literary studies

ISBN:

0807165603
9780807165607

OCLC:

(OCoLC)959592593

LCCN:

2016027509

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GAAX314 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Peosta (Peosta)