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Ugliness, in the cry of the beholder
- randcraw 10y agohttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/07/ugliness-a-cultural-history-gretchen-e-henderson-review https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/07/ugliness-a-cul... A better article, though a review of only one of the books. While 'ugliness' should be fascinating, it appears there are few books on the topic that don't resort to lurid bathos. If anyone can recommend a better alternative book to these (and excluding Umberto Eco's paean to monstrosity), I'd love to hear about it.