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In the mold of his acclaimed History of Beauty, renowned cultural critic Umberto Eco’s On Ugliness is an exploration of the monstrous and the repellant in visual culture and the arts. What is the voyeuristic impulse behind our attraction to the gruesome and the horrible? Where does the magnetic appeal of the sordid and the scandalous come from? Is ugliness also in the eye of the beholder? Eco’s encyclopedic knowledge and captivating storytelling skills combine in this ingenious study of the Ugly, revealing that what we often shield ourselves from and shun in everyday life is what we’re most attracted to subliminally. Topics range from Milton’s Satan to Goethe’s Mephistopheles; from witchcraft and medieval torture tactics to martyrs, hermits, and penitents; from lunar births and disemboweled corpses to mythic monsters and sideshow freaks; and from Decadentism and picturesque ugliness to the tacky, kitsch, and camp, and the aesthetics of excess and vice. With abundant examples of painting and sculpture ranging from ancient Greek amphorae to Bosch, Brueghel, and Goya among others, and with quotations from the most celebrated writers and philosophers of each age, this provocative discussion explores in-depth the concepts of evil, depravity, and darkness in art and literature..
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The most practical book, with depth, for reading character from the face. Rose Rosetree has pioneered the system of Face Reading Secrets(R). She is known as the mother of American physiognomy. This practical book is easy to read yet includes depth and humor..
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Cara is so ugly, mirrors would rather break than show her reflection Not even her own parents can deny her ugliness, and nothing can make up for the cruelty of her schoolmates Tormented and tortured by the shallow people of Flock’s Rest, Cara’s life is miserable. Then Cara receives a shimmering note from some exotic place suggesting that there’s more to her than meets the eye. Cara wonders if her destiny has something to do with her recurring dreams of a beautiful green valley where the people are so accepting, her ugliness doesn’t matter. Soon, Cara discovers that her valley of dreams is real. It’s a place where the ugliest of ducklings can become swans. A swan, however, can have a serious taste for revenge . . . deadly revenge..
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There once was a very ugly bug, with spotted legs, googly eyes and a horrible hairy back. She wonders why her friends have pretty small eyes, shiny green backs, or nice fluttery wings. The ugly bug thought that if she looked like her friends, then she would be more beautiful. So she made herself a disguise. But her new costume made her even tastier looking to the birds! When a bird swoops down to gobble up the disguised ugly bug, something strange happens… The big scare made the very ugly bug even uglier! So ugly in fact, that the bird was scared away. The ugly bug learns that just being herself is the best defense. Liz Pichon’s witty text and colorful artwork highlight this story about self-acceptance..
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"Lies and Ugliness proves to be a bravura performance by a true virtuoso " Faren Miller, Locus "Brian Hodge has long been a favorite of horror insiders, both for his audacious themes and his impressive facility with language. In such Hodge novels as "Deathgrip," "Nightlife," "The Darker Saints," and "Prototype," and in his widely-anthologized short stories, you can hear the music in Hodge's prose, a kind of euphony that, at its best, is reminiscent of Brite, Koja, Gaiman, or even Roger Zelazny--while remaining, ultimately, unique." Thomas Roche Contents: * Madame Babylon * The 121st Day of Sodom * Empathy * Cancer Causes Rats * Some Other Me * Nesting Instincts (original) * Before the Last Snowflake Falls * An Autumnal Equinox Folly * Confession * Cenotaph * Far Flew the Boast of Him * Now Day Was Fled As the Worm Had Wished * Pages Stuck By a Bowie Knife to a Cheyenne Gallows * Driving the Last Spike * Little Holocausts * Dead Giveaway * Past Tense * Our Lady of Sloth and Scarlet Ivy (original) * The Last Testament * The Alchemy of the Throat * Come Unto Me, All Ye Heavy Laden * From the Gutters of Civilization to Your Discerning Eye (story notes).
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An exploration of the relationship among appearance, identity, and power shows how myths of beauty can be liberating rather than confining, developing insights that can connect women to the archetype of the all-powerful triple Goddess. 25,000 first printing. Tour..
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Ugliness can be seen in everything around us, from butterflies and flowers to the moon and the stars, if one is looking for it..
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